Damian PereraMonitoring & Evaluation Specialist| ChrysalisMellawagedara, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Soft skills are gaining prominence to drive projects to success. One of the most significant soft skills required for a project manager is leadership. What are the leadership traits of an effective project manager? What leadership skills have become useful to you to make projects successful? Saving Changes...
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Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
Emotional Intelligence. The ability to inspire trust from your team. Flexibility to address the needs and concerns of your team. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Project managers are not leaders. They are managers, as the name stated. Your accountability is not leading, is managing wich is not the same. Unfortunatelly leadership is a new buzzword using for lot of people to sell services. Saving Changes...
Al ChenSolutions Consultant| CodaNew York, Ny, United States
I think being able to create a "culture" of project management, or more broadly speaking a culture of communication and accountability are good leadership skills. Saving Changes...
Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
It is true that project management and leadership are two different things. You can be a manager without being a leader. And you can be a leader without being a manager. For example, after I started working, I started to notice that people kept coming to me for guidance and understanding. I was the "low-man on the totem pole" and these more senior team members were asking me what to do and how to deal with situations in the company. After awhile, I realized that no matter what position I was in, people always saw me as a leader. (Seriously, I am not bragging here, it is just how it has been). So you can exhibit leadership qualities (like emotional intelligence, inspiring trust, flexibility, mentoring, etc.) without being the manager. Now if you are a manager and have these leadership qualities, it is all the better. Saving Changes...
The leadership skills for making the projects successful - I echo Kiron.
I agree with Dinah on the other traits with a couple of points to add - Empathy and Perseverance. Saving Changes...
Damian PereraMonitoring & Evaluation Specialist| ChrysalisMellawagedara, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Thank you for all your contribution. Saving Changes...
Al TaylorI.T. Contractor| IndependentWaterloo, Ontario, Canada
great discussion....soft skills have always been prominent... Saving Changes...
