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...
I am going to discuss some of those inherent qualities. The abilities, capabilities or whatever you might call them, that we all have but don’t know -
Positive attitude
We all have faced setbacks in our life, but there’s is always a hope that things will fit into their place. This hope keeps us going forward in life. Believe it or not, but an optimistic attitude that even after downfalls you can rise up and take on even bigger challenges is what makes great leaders.
Decision making
Decision making comes naturally to us humans. You might not even realize, but in our day-to-day activities we have to make so many decisions. Starting from picking up subjects in college to deciding which fraternity to join, which game to participate and more. All those are quite important decisions in our life. Right?
Altruistic behavior
We as humans are social beings. We live in societies, which includes family members and our friends. And, we love to help them in their tough times. So, in a way altruistic behavior comes naturally to us.
This lays the foundation of healthy team building. A leader is always the one who is there to help others. If you have ever captained a sports team or any other team for that matter, then you must know that a leader does not need to take the credit for the success of the team. And, that’s how successful leaders work. They know that success is a result of team efforts and not an individual’s performance.
Forgiveness
This might sound a little philosophical at first. But, trust me great leaders are always good at forgiving people. But, this is not something unique to them. We all have this trait inculcated in our DNA since birth, but as we grow up we change. The feelings of anger and disappointment take over the basic human behavior of forgiveness.
But, great leaders are the ones who are able to control their feelings of anger, disappointment and frustration. That’s the reason they are able to forgive people easily. If you also want to become good at forgiving people, then practicing mindfulness can help. Saving Changes...
