The following are the important qualities of a project leader:

1. Communication: The ability to communicate with people at all levels. 

Ability to provide information regarding tasks, plans, schedule, strategies and org structure to
stakeholders.
2. Team-Building Skills: Ability to encourage and enable people to work together as a team to
accomplish the project.
3. Trust Building: Trust is an essential element in the relationship of a project leader and his or her
team. A good leader should be able to develop trust on team members and to delegate tasks,
4. Problem Solving Skills: project leaders to have excellent problem-solving skills themselves.
5. sound judgment: Knowledge of business purpose of the project and ability to make decisions
within that context.
6.  provide vision: Ability to translate organization vision into a project vision.
7. provide direction: Ability to keep project moving toward successful completion in face of
aggressive schedules and discouraging developments.
8. coach/mentor team: Knowledge of team strengths and weaknesses and ability to effectively
utilize team members to complement and support each other.
9.  issue & conflict resolution: Ability to recognize resistance and overcome it. Ability to control
project issues while avoiding power confrontations.
10. effective decision making: Ability to make timely decisions and to take action reflective of
business objectives.
11. Negotiation: Ability to negotiate win-win agreements.
12. Integrity: One of the most important things a project leader must remember is that his or her
actions, and not words, set the modus operandi for the team.