Project/Team Leadership

As a Wonderful Choice consultants work from the inital stages of systems development right through to deployment and subsequent support, frequently there is a requirement to provide team and project leadership.

For example, Jon Elsom has, in the past, acted as project manager on a variety of Oracle-based projects for government agencies and lead a development team of up to six people for eight years. Leadership responsibilities in that time included:

• The interviewing and recruitment of both permanent and contract staff
• Devising project plans, spending forecasts and other project level documentation
• Reporting to both project and IS boards
• Liasing with other projects to ensure joined-up functionality
• Formulation of job specifications and TOR's
• Dealing with recuitment agencies and other HR bodies
• Team leading mixed teams of permanent, contract and third party resources
• Being conscious of the differing requirements and aspirations of members of those teams
• Mentoring and ensuring knowledge transfer to spread skills
• Giving appraisals and providing active staff management
• Being part of the development centre management team, having significant control in running a 30 strong workforce

Every time A Wonderful Choice runs a training course leadership skills are employed to encourage the delegates and lead them down the chosen learning route.