PM ADVISORY:

Leading Global Project Teams: The New Leadership Challenge

Introduction to a Six-Part Series

By Jim Waddell, Independent Consultant
Tim Rahschulte, Associate Professor, George Fox University
and
Russ Martinelli, Intel Corporation

USA

We are pleased to present this series of articles for PM World Today focused on the subject of leading globally distributed program and project teams. The articles are extracted from portions of the book entitled Leading Global Project Teams: The New Leadership Challenge (ISBN 978-1-55489-064-4, Multi Media Publishing, 2010).

This six-part series of articles focuses on the key concepts and tools addressed in our book as well as introduce some additional perspectives on analyzing this complex subject. Throughout the series we will specifically addresses the question, “How does one effectively lead global, highly distributed teams to achieve the improved business results needed to compete in today’s market?” In short, it is not the work of just “one” leader that delivers results, but of “many” working as a collective, collaborative team that happens to be separated by distance, time, and culture. We therefore focus on the responsibilities of the collective team – from senior managers, to program leaders and project managers, as well as the individuals that make up our global project teams.

This series of articles is written from the practitioner’s point of view. We work in industry and therefore our experiences are first hand and real world. The viewpoints we present reflect this perspective. We welcome your comments, perspectives, challenges, and other thoughts.

The following is a set of abstracts from the articles to be presented in this series on leading global teams…

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About the Author Jim Waddell Co - Author Jim Waddell, former director of program management for Tektronix, is currently an independent management consultant in his fields of expertise: program management and mergers and acquisitions. He has held a variety of management positions, has been a speaker at numerous conferences, and is a co-author of Leading Global Project Teams, and Program Management for Improved Business Results. Jim is a co-founder of the Program Management Academy (www.programmanagement-academy.com). Jim can be contacted at jim.waddell@programmanagement-academy.com.

About the Author Tim Rahschulte Co - Author Tim Rahschulte is responsible for international management and leadership studies at George Fox University in Oregon. Additionally, he consults with state governments on matters of organizational change as a business transition architect. He is a co-author of Leading Global Project Teams, and is an executive director at the Program Management Academy (www.programmanagement-academy.com). Tim can be contacted at tim.rahschulte@programmanagement-academy.com.

About the Author Russ Martinelli Co - Author Russ Martinelli, senior program manager at Intel Corporation, has many years of experience leading global product development teams in both the aerospace and computing industries. Russ is also a co-founder of the Program Management Academy (www.programmanagement-academy.com), and co-author of Leading Global Project Teams and the first comprehensive book on program management titled Program Management for Improved Business Results. Russ can be contacted at russ.martinelli@programmanagement-academy.com