Science and world

ISSN 2308-4804. Science and world. 2021. № 12 (100). Vol. II.
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In turn, the leader, creating effective visions, is characterized by creative and versatile thinking skills. This 
shows that they are not afraid to take risks. This means that the leader, despite all difficulties encountered during the 
implementation of a project, is able to lead people efficiently, guiding them in the right direction. They are responsible 
for establishing a team, and for developing its goals, action strategy and its capabilities. It is worth adding that an 
inspiring leader has the gift of convincing team members, focuses their attention and creates a group of own followers 
who accept and understand their vision, and strive for its implementation [38]. 
Defining the concept of a project leader is rather complicated, and there are many factors that affect the overall 
picture. First of all, by acquiring certain character traits and skills, you can learn how to become a leader. To be an 
effective leader, a leader must have a right attitude and character traits. We are talking about creativity, responsibility, 
charisma, openness, and the ability to handle difficult situations, as well as a kind of persistence in pursuing goals. 
Project characteristics and the implementation of proper tasks define the competency profile of the leader. It 
covers the skills presented in Table 4. 
 
Table 4 
Competency profile of a leader 
Specialist skills 
Innovative skills 
Interpersonal skills 
Particularly important for innovative and 
unconventional projects. The most important 
of them are: 
- knowledge, 
- experience gained, 
- acquired qualifications, e.g., certified 
language skills, 
- ability to manage a budget. 
They play the greatest role in complex 
projects that require significant 
expenditures in terms of time, costs and 
human resources. They include: 
- creativity, – the ability to think 
creatively and analytically, 
- the ability to use modern 
technologies, – the ability to learn 
quickly, 
- speed reading skills. 
All leaders have them, and they should 
increase with the complexity of a 
project. The most important of them 
are: 
- conflict resolution, – building 
relationships with people and 
delegating powers, 
- active listening, empathy, 
- creating the atmosphere in the 
organization, 
- influencing people, 
- availability of information in verbal 
and non-verbal form. 
Source: P. Kopacka, Rola lidera w efektywnym zarzadzaniu zespolem projektowym, [in:] A. Rogozińska – Pawełczyk (ed.) 
Gospodarowanie kapitałem ludzkim. Wyzwania organizacyjne i prawne, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2015, pp. 
129 – 144. 
The leader's competences significantly influence the success of a project. Low competences of a manager increase 
the risk of failure. Managing a team requires a specific group of qualities that a leader should have. An effective leader is 
able to use the acquired knowledge and experience already at a very beginning of team building, i.e., during the selection 
and recruitment of candidates for the team. Not every employee shows leadership predispositions. Leadership is related to 
charisma, i.e., specific qualities that an individual possesses, influencing the group. The leader has authority, the group 
listens to and obeys them. An effective leader is able to estimate the situation without any major problems [42]. 
It should also be emphasized that in the project management, personnel management aims at achieving the 
following three tasks
[40]:
1) creating a personnel management system, 
2) maintaining the operation of this system, 
3) improving the system. 
Therefore, it is important to establish the concept of project management and highlight those of its functions 
that facilitate the achievement of an intended project goal [22].