If you are aspiring to be a successful Project Manager, you need to develop and master some vital management skills. We list a few of the essential ones below:
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Communication
Communication plays a crucial part in project management. Project Managers spend around 85-90% of their time in communicating, so they need excellent non-verbal communication skills (body language and listening comprises of approximately 78% of total communication time spent by PM) beside verbal and written communication skills(which is approximately 22% of total communication time spent by PM).
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Negotiation
To be a successful project manager, you need to have excellent negotiation skills and the ability to keep all parties(team and other stakeholders) happy and content. PMs must have excellent negotiation skills. According to Harvard Business School Professor Michael Wheeler “Negotiation allows you to reach agreements that might otherwise slip through your fingers. It allows you to expand the pie, create value, so you get more benefits from the agreements that you do reach. It also, in some cases, allows you to resolve small differences before they escalate into big conflicts.”
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Time Management
To be a successful project manager, you must have strong time management skills. It means being able to plan out your workweeks and anticipate any potential roadblocks that may pop up along the way, and get creative about how tasks get completed when needed. Once you know how to schedule your job effectively amongst your project team, you will see that all the projects are completed on time.
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Leadership Skills
Leadership is one of the most important skills every project manager must possess. PM must inspire and motivate the team by their very presence. They must provide a shared understanding of the vision and mission of the project to the team and stakeholders. Motivate, engage and support them throughout ensuring everyone’s working towards that same goal leading to success. A strong leader will never stop communicating with team and stakeholders.
Conclusion
To conclude, we can say that by developing the mentioned project management skills you will surely become a successful project manager.