Optimizing Leadership Styles for Enhanced Skills Transfer Among Construction Managers in Lagos State, Nigeria

It is essential to comprehend how shared leadership, transformational leadership, and other leadership philosophies can be used to encourage the transfer of skills in Lagos State’s construction management industry. In order to achieve sustainable project success, it is also essential to optimize leadership styles for improved skills transfer among construction managers. Organizations can create strategies that improve project outcomes overall and individual performance by looking at how leadership styles affect the acquisition and application of skills. The purpose of this study is to examine how leadership styles can improve the transfer of skills among construction managers in Lagos State, Nigeria. Improved cooperation, employee performance, and project outcomes in construction environments have been strongly associated with leadership methods, especially transformational and transactional types. This study focuses on the ways in which different styles affect skills transfer, which is essential to accomplishing organizational objectives and project success. For this study, a quantitative research methodology was adopted. Data was gathered in Lagos State, Nigeria, by distributing questionnaires to registered engineers, architects, builders, and quantity surveyors. Three hundred and fifty (350) questionnaires were distributed using the census technique; 228 of them were returned and deemed appropriate for examination. The questionnaire received responses from about 62% of the sample. In addition, with descriptive data like mean scores and frequency distribution, the results were displayed in tables and charts. The statistical techniques that were employed were factor analysis and the mean item score. Effective communication, management support, mentorship programs, and emotional intelligence are emphasized in the analysis as crucial tactics for maximizing leadership styles to enhance skills transfer. The results suggested that in order to improve project performance and sustainability in the construction sector, it is critical to create a collaborative and flexible leadership environment that encourages ongoing learning and development.