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Am I born to be a project manager?

Simone Samuels Senior Engagement Manager| Microsoft Kingston 5, Jamaica

To what extent is Project Management effectiveness based on personality type versus level of training?

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 12:39 AM

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Sudarshan Harshe PM III MBA Operations PRINCE2® SIX SIGMA| Fidel Softech Pune, Maharashtra, India

Personality helps very less, experience, expertise supported by training will take you to success path...

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 1:10 AM

Ramachandran Swaminathan Regional Delivery Manager| Oracle Consulting India Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Nobody was/is born to be a project manager. Project Management like every other skills/expertise is obtained through training, dedication, hard work and most importantly experience. Personality to some extend helps in some of the aspects of project management(eg; people management). As Sudarshan mentioned it is not a very important aspect

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 3:26 AM

Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Personality would assist with leadership, and PM skills would assist with management. Both are needed.

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 3:42 AM

Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States

Personality plays an important role in anything you do, and can be used as a predictor of performance. Negative or positive personality traits; extreme extrovert, or introvert.

Some further reading:
https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/direc...t-managers-2259
http://blog.capterra.com/project-managers-personality/

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 6:48 AM

John Tieso Author, Lecturer in Business Management| The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business & Economics Arlington, Va, United States

I would argue that many people are born with the inherent capability to be a project manager--with the caveat that it takes learned skills to actually perform as one. So much depends on von how you are brought up, what education you receive, and what inter-personal skills you gain through interaction with others.

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 7:46 AM

Mahalmadane Touré Engineer| National Headquarters of Geology and Mines of Mali (Bamako) Mali

Nor your personality or your experience is obstacles to be what you are willing to be. I think if you really want to be a project manager then make it a goal and plan to achieve this goal. You will have to work hard on the behaviors knowledge and experience that make a good project manager. Hope you will be one in the future if it's your goal.

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 11:29 AM (Updated by author: Jul 4, 2017 11:30 AM)

Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

You are born with certain skills that might help you shape your project management career.

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 12:14 PM

Sonali Malu Maharashtra, India

Your personality may help you to a certain extent, but after that you have to prove your skills and experience matters a lot in project management.

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 12:48 PM

Mike Dewing Senior Project Manager / Program Manager| MLD Holdings Ltd. Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Sounds like you have your answers

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 5:36 PM

Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

Each person in this world perform project management from the time she/he wakes up to the time she/he goes to bed. So, everybody are project managers. The point is the grade of formality of the way you take to perform project management with more formality (PMI, IPMA, GPM or some method like PRINCE2).

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 7:18 PM

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