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In your own experience, what are the characteristics of a Great and a "Less than Great" PM?

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George Freeman Thought Leader | Author | Architect| Florida, United States
When you google this subject, you could easily copy/paste myriads of characteristics on this important question. However, please use your personal experiences and observations to answer.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Georges,

Could fill pages for both descriptions, let's make a short one.

Great - make the team grow as a group and individually
Less than great - "career-oriented", selfish
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Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Great: manages the project and leads the team(s) with respect to cost, quality, and scope in such a way that all involved persons(stakeholders, sponsors, team members, etc.) are happy at the end.
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Andrew Mitchell Scrum Master and Agile Coach| na Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Great = Servant Leader - one who puts the needs of the team ahead of his or her needs. They understand that their success is depends 100% on team success.
Less than great = the opposite. One who uses the team to promote his or her own reputation.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Great - focuses on the what and the how
Less than great - only focuses on the what and ignores the how

Great - embraces change when it will result in greater business benefits
Less than great - shies away from change

Kiron
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Joshua Render Product Owner| Cognizant Harrisville, Ny, United States
Great - Willing to learn from and admit to mistakes, shares the success with the team
Less than great - blames everyone else, fails to consider that success (and failure) is a team effort.
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Alfred Horton CEO & President| AOC Connect, LLC Lovettsville, Va, United States
Great - Strong communication and leadership skills.
Less than Great - End focussed by any means.
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Riad Alhammoud Project management| Langan Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Great, who inspire and assist his team when needed.

Less,
Selfish, use his to attain his goals.
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Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, United States
There's an old line that a good PM can manage 3-4 projects at once. A great PM manages one.

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