Topic 2: Why is it important?

Knowing how to manage and lead a team is an important skill because it is the lever for the organisation and cooperation of all for the realisation of the project? ​

This implies both human qualities of listening, decision-making, team cohesion and know-how in the strategy of carrying out the project within a given timeframe.​

These skills are important in all project contexts: personal, professional, extra-professional… ​

Examples of personal projects for which you can be a leader: ​

• Organise a game with your family for your cousin’s surprise birthday. ​
• Organise a trip to the cinema with your little brothers and sisters (choose a film and go to see it by bus).​
• Etc.​​

Examples of projects related to a professional activity for which you can be a leader: ​

• Organise the unloading of a truck with your colleagues.​
• Organise the cleaning of a site with your colleagues.​
• Etc.

Examples of projects linked to extra-professional activities (in associations, etc.) for which you can be a leader:​

• Organise a tea party with volunteers for elderly people in a retirement home.​
• Organise a beach litter pick with volunteers.​
• Etc.​

​All of these examples are common situations that will require skills and attitudes related to leading and managing a team: listening, advising, uniting and motivating, planning and organising.​