Leading Virtual Project Teams addresses the challenges today's virtual project management environment poses to traditional methods of leadership and communication. It provides the virtual project manager with fresh approaches for adapting existing leadership theories to e-leadership and progressive tools and techniques to improve virtual project communications. For educational institutions, the text can be used to increase the body of knowledge for project management leadership and communications outside the traditional project environment. It also provides references, theory analyses, and scholar-practitioner perspectives on the topics. This book explores many facets of e-leadership-from how traditional leadership theories and models can be applied by 21st century leaders to methods by which the virtual project manager can enhance virtual project communications to meet the needs of the modern global business world. Being familiar with appropriate e-leadership styles for virtual project teams and the transition toward new leadership styles, communication techniques for virtual project teams and e-leadership competencies is an important part of managing projects and human resources in successful organizations today. By recognizing how virtual teams are different from traditional teams, those managing virtual projects may be able to offer benefits to the organization by providing positive, successful e-leadership and exceptional communications-resulting in better project processes and deliverables.