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What three skills do you think are most important to be an effective project manager?

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Mudassar Khan Program (Project )Manager| Woodward Canada Inc Peterborough, ON, Canada
Is it
The Talent triangle or
strong communication skills, excellent organization capabilities, and a keen ability to manage time
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Tim Podesta Director of PM/PMO| Former BP- now Independent Penn, Bucks, United Kingdom
For me it is two basic skills - listening and leading. If you listen well you can choose when and what to do in order to provide effective leadership.
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Vivek Bhatia Principal| The Bhatia Group Oakland, Ca, United States
Listening, negotiating (without seeming like you're negotiating), and the ability to make everyone successful.

On my last project I was the overall IT implementation lead for a massive project. But yet, regularly pulled into 2 of the 8 streams that reported into me as it was a difficult set of stakeholders where meetings turned toxic. The C-level asked that I personally take ownership because I was the only one who could keep the room calm, secure agreements, and follow up to make sure people abided by them.
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Mahabubur Rahman Project Manager Structures-Bridges| Department of Infrastructure, Government of Nothwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
I think understanding the strategic objective of your project, organizational politics and effective decision making and maintaining team dynamics is important among other skills.
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Learning, listening and communication
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Stakeholder engagement, communication, and reducing the gulf of evaluation.
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Alok Priyadarshi Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Emotional intelligence
Critical thinking for decision making
Communication for effective stakeholder management
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Run faster than your stakeholders when things go wrong. (while I do not know if it can consider skill or ability) - jejejejeje
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
The balance between cost time resources and deliverables
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Napat Sooksamran Project Manager| KASIKORN LINE Co., Ltd. Bangkok, Thailand
Communication, stakeholder engagement and integration
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Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States
1) Communication
2) Transparency
3) Clarity
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