10 Essential Skills of an Efficient Project Manager

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10 ESSENTIAL SKILLS OF AN EFFICIENT PROJECT
MANAGER
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Leading a team to greater heights and achieving
success is not as simple as people perceive. An
efficient project manager has to put in hours of
hard work and tremendous effort to succeed in any
endeavour.
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Notwithstanding, the vision to guide the team to
perform better and dealing with a wide range of
complexities. Project managers who possess these
qualities and make things actually happen are
hard to find in corporates today.
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Here, we list out some of the most important
characteristics of effective project managers who
have more than the ability to move a milestone
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CLEAR VISION AND GOALS
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Efficient project managers define clear goals and
vision for themselves. They let them stay in
their sight all time which helps them to focus
and deliver results on time and within the
budget. Managing things comes naturally to them.
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Breaking down large goals into smaller ones makes
each goal more manageable and can be easily
accomplished. Small issues dont bog them as they
know the best way to deal with them.
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GREAT COMMUNICATION SKILLS
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Good communication is essential and a project
manager knows that each suggestion of all the
parties involved matters a lot while making
decisions. They are never afraid to ask questions
and bind the team together by consulting and
informing the updates to members and stake
holders regularly.
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COMPETENT AND ORGANISED
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Another essential skill for every project manager
is time management. With every project having its
own deadlines, managers are imposed to undertake
on-time delivery of projects.
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To tackle deadlines becomes easier for managers
with time management because they know which
strategy to apply to cut down time and losses
thereby ascertaining alternate solutions for each
tasks.
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NATURAL LEADERSHIP AUTHORITY
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Proficient project managers are a peoples
person. They are optimistic towards their work
and energetic enough to accomplish tasks quickly.
As a valued member of the organisation, they
command authority and leadership naturally.
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They know the strengths and weaknesses of team
members and delegate tasks according to each
ones knowledge and expertise.
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TEAM-BUILDING SKILLS
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A good team is the pillar of success for every
project. Project managers must be pro at building
teams to work in unison for achieving the target.
Binding teams in order to avoid conflicts within
and working as a force together are the vital
traits of efficient project managers.
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RETAINS HONESTY AND CONSISTENCY
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Honesty is one of their main characteristics.
Securing important information of the
organisation to avoid any breach or unnecessary
usage can be controlled by efficient managers.
Moreover, they gain respect among team members
because of their work consistency and will-power
to deal difficult circumstances.
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HAS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE OF DIFFERENT DOMAINS
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Working in different scenarios gives project
managers the necessary skill to develop a logical
approach towards problems. Team members rely on
them as they know what needs to be done and sets
realistic deadlines for them to easily achieve
goals.
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GOOD NETWORK FOR COLLABORATIONS
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Competent project managers always stay connected.
They have reliable informal networks which give
them immense scope to detect critical issues at
any stage. This helps managers to take actions
beforehand and avoid unfavourable state of
affairs.
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ENTHUSIASTIC AND ACTION-ORIENTED
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A project manager has to be lively and
enthusiastic. This is contagious and affects
the team and they are motivated to perform
better. Their approach towards issues are
action-oriented and result driven. They are not
distracted or discouraged easily and constantly
strive for working better to achieve desired
goals.
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MAKING RIGHT DECISIONS UNDER PRESSURE
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Efficient project managers excel at working under
pressure. They do not entertain negative thoughts
which affects their state of mind and
deteriorates performance. In fact, they face
difficult situations by staying calm and composed
which gives momentum to the project for its
success.
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skills not present here, share them below.
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Link-OM helps to improve relationship between
teams and customer by providing greater
visibility into operations and task management.
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