ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the differences between leadership and management, discusses the main leadership challenges to global project managers and provides some suggestions to increase the commitment and motivation of team members located around the globe. Project leadership can be defined as the creation of a vision about the project objectives that directs all team members to work towards it. Good project leaders are able to influence the task prioritisation and the availability of the project team members towards achieving the project goals and strategies. The chapter discusses the challenges and recommendations on leadership that is applicable to global projects. Project managers that already have a good notion of leadership skills in traditional projects can use these recommendations to evaluate their current practices, complete their preferred leadership models and theories and effectively lead a project team composed of people located in different countries.
