Sateesh MuggallaSenior Manager| CapgeminiBangalore, Karnataka, India
What are the top 5 leadership skills required for a project manager and Why?
Ideally, we talk about big list of leadership skills which required for a PM. But in practical, we can't utilize and perform all in every project, but some how some of them are mandatory to perform. what are those and why do we need?
It would be great and helpful, if you can share your insights on this. Thank you in advance. Saving Changes...
Dear Sateesh ,With my experience one of the skill important is the queit mind to listen others.Many managers due to stress level and the target may not get time to listen others.They listen but surface listening only.Never do that ,listen to indepth Other important thing is to create a rapport others.May be you have full authority to control and punish others ,but be with pleasant smile. Do appreciate the co workers.Keep the idea of others as their ideas not ours.Keep your door open so that others can approach you for their comment and to express their opinions free to talk.Never think about your confident capability may be others are more capable than us Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Effective Communication
Active Listening
Empowerment
Empathy
Honesty
Integrity
Oops, that's 6. I'll leave it though. Saving Changes...
Communication
Influencing and negotiating
People management
Integration and co-ordination
Process oriented Saving Changes...
Andre CassuleFEED and Detailed Engineering, Project management| DEALLuanda, Luanda, Angola
The top 5 leadership skills required for a project manager:
Leadership Skills
- He needs to be an agent of change, engage and inspire your team to go along with him.
Communication Skills
- he should work to improve communication on his team if he wants to improve the productivity of his projects.
Problem Solving and Decision Making Capacity
- The good project manager identifies the problems and proposes solutions, acts when necessary and leads the team towards success.
Negotiation
- he needs to convince people to do what they do not want, ask for more time or resources for certain activities.
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Andre CassuleFEED and Detailed Engineering, Project management| DEALLuanda, Luanda, Angola
The top 5 leadership skills required for a project manager:
Leadership Skills
- He needs to be an agent of change, engage and inspire your team to go along with him.
Communication Skills
- he should work to improve communication on his team if he wants to improve the productivity of his projects.
Problem Solving and Decision Making Capacity
- The good project manager identify the problems and proposes solutions, acts when necessary and leads the team towards success.
Negotiation
- he needs to convince people to do what they do not want, ask for more time or resources for certain activities.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I saw this question lot of times and please let me say: is a wrong question. Why? Because what matter is the leadership style (you need to acquire skills to use one, obviously) and leadership style to use depends on the organizational culture where you are working today. So, no matter your leadership skills, what matters is the leadership style. Saving Changes...
Renee RobinsonPMO Director| C2GOrlando, FL, United States
Many good answers and I definitely agree with Sergio, the Leadership skills necessary will definitely depend on the culture of your organization. Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
Lots of good answers here. I would add conflict management as one to consider, or dealing with difficult situation. Saving Changes...
Mudassar KhanProgram (Project )Manager| Woodward Canada IncPeterborough, ON, Canada
Tom ConnollyCEO| TCA Coaching and Training LtdCork, County Cork, Ireland
I love Raji's idea of keeping "a quiet mind to listen to others". I totally agree with Sergio and Renee about adopting a leadership style to suit the organisation and its culture. I think the ultimate skill of a Project Manager is to be able to adopt his/her style to suit the situation. Therefore my top 5 would be:
1. Ability to listen without judging.
2. Ability to inspire people to confide in you.
3. Ability to include and champion the needs and views of the project team and influence senior management to address them so that both are satisfied, even though there will be compromise.
4. Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, candidly, consistently, and often.
5. Ability to seperate the project from people's careers, personalities, motivations and issues so that the goals are agreed and met. Saving Changes...
