IS LEADERSHIP IS A REACTIVE OR PROACTIVE THAT IS MOST ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING PROJECTS?

With the highly competitive, challenging and cutting edge global business environment successfully managing projects is a real challenge. Proactive Leadership is emerged as champion in successfully managing projects in 21st century. Through the advancement of latest technologies, rapid improvement in communications, and information technology changed the living style,standards, and rapidly changing cultures day by day. The day?s are gone for the earlier type of Leadershippractices where success was achieved with traditional traits of leadership. Especially managing millennialis the need of the hour.Though success is a relative term, proactive Leadership has every edge on all, in increasing probability of success of projects.Myth was, leaders were born which was proved to be modified, as leader?s are not only born and but also can be cultured and nurtured to suit the present requirement and also for future. The keywords for leadership failure are Arrogance, Autocratic and egoistic approach. Teams of self-motivated leaders are essential for driving and guiding successful projects. Leadership requires technical and non-technical skills in different proportions depending on the projects. There is every need for training, upgrading project managers as successful project Leaders which will reduces project time and cost and there by improves quality and satisfaction to the end users, so that the fruits of successful project management will lead to improve the standard of living. ofglobal society.