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6 Principles for Managing Teams
If you are new to project management, you may not feel comfortable managing a group of people over whom you have no direct authority. The job is part manager, part negotiator, part communicator and part cheerleader. Here are six fundamental pointers for staying on top of the most common team-related challenges.
Projects don’t just happen, people make them happen — and the project manager’s job is to ensure that those people have the time, skills, tools and motivation needed to get the project tasks done. To manage a project successfully, you’ll need to manage people successfully. Some project managers just naturally work well with people, others struggle a bit. If you don’t like working with people, you’re probably always going to have mixed emotions about project management.
If you are new to project management or new to management in general, you may not feel comfortable managing a group of people over whom you have no direct authority. If that’s the case, you should review material on managing highly effective teams and you should seek the advice and guidance from a more experienced project manager. That said, here are some of the common problems project managers run into in managing teams, and a few pointers to use to help overcome those problems.
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