竴绡嗿

　　BecominganOutstandingProjectManager

　　Whenitcomestobeingaleader,ittakesaspecialsetofskillstotakechargeandmanageagroupofpeople.Leadersneedtogetthebestoutoftheirteam,nomatterhowgrouchy,difficultordifferenttheyallarefromeachother.Thesameconceptappliestoprojectmanagement.

　　Asprojectmanagers,therearecharacteristicswhichmakegoodprojectmanagersoutstanding!

　　1.OutstandingProjectManagersInspireaSharedTeamVision

　　Whileitmaybecommonsensetomost鈥foraprojecttowork,everybodyneedstohavethesamevisionforwhereexactlytheprojectisgoing.Greatprojectmanagershelpallteammembersfeelliketheyhaveanequalstakeinaproject,andempowereveryonetoshareandexperiencethegroup鈥檚vision.

　　2.OutstandingProjectManagershaveGreatCommunicationSkills

　　Asaprojectmanager,communicatingwithdifferenttypesofstakeholderscanbetrickyattimes.Whenitcomestocommunicatingwithclientsversusteammembersversuscorporateleadership,itcanbecomedownrightdifficult.Projectmanagersneedtoclearlycommunicategoals,performance,andexpectations;andtheyneedtomanagefeedbackcomingatthemfromalldirections.Beingaccessible,open,anddirectiscriticalforbeingagoodcommunicator.

　　3.OutstandingProjectManagershaveIntegrity

　　Aprojectmanager鈥檚actionssetthemodusoperandifortheteam.Goodleadershiprequirescommitmentandadherencetoethicalpractices.Yes,projectsmustbeprofitable;andyes,therearemanywaystoensureprojectmanagerstaketheircorporateinterestsintoaccountwhileservingtheclient.However,greatprojectmanagersabidebyethicalstandardsandrewardingthoseteammemberswhofollowsuitispartoftheresponsibilityofthejob.Projectmanagementshouldneverbemotivatedbyself-interest;ratheritistheinterestoftheproject鈥檚successthatmattersmost.

　　4.OutstandingProjectManagersareEnthusiastic

　　Negativeleaderscanbearealpitfalltothesuccessofaprojectandtheoveralleffectivenessofateam.Greatprojectmanagershaveabounceintheirstepandacan-doattitudethatsetsthepacefortheirentireteam.Havinggoodenergy(withoutbeingannoying)iscriticaltosettingapositiveexampleanddemeanorfortheteam.Projectmanagerswhoarepositivelycommittedtogoals鈥evenwhenthingsgowrong鈥willhelpinspireotherstonotbecomenegativewhentheprojecthitsadelayorsnag.

　　5.OutstandingProjectManagersshowEmpathy,NotSympathy

　　Empathyandsympathyaretwodifferentthings.Sympathyisusuallyprojected,whileempathymeanstrulyunderstandinghowtheotherpersonfeels,especiallywhenitcomestothingswhichinvolvesalifeoutsideofwork.Sometimesempathyneedstobeshowntowardsteammemberswhoarestrugglingtocopebecauseofwhateveroutsideinfluencesmightbeaffectingtheirwork.Assuch,astrongprojectmanagerwillempathizewiththeteammember鈥檚issueswithoutshowingremorse(whereappropriate).Doingsoensuresteammemberscanremainproductiveontheproject,withoutexacerbatinganypersonalissuestheymaybegoingthrough.

　　6.OutstandingProjectManagersareviewedasCompetentintheSubjectMatteroftheProject

　　Teammembersneedtofeelliketheirprojectmanagerhassomedegreeofexpertiseintheproject鈥檚subjectmatter