Take a moment to contemplate your current employment or a profession that you find intriguing.
Even if you don’t perceive yourself as a project manager, numerous job roles nowadays necessitate project management abilities.
Examine the six areas where project managers need to cultivate their skills. Which ones do you believe are essential for your job? What areas do you need to improve upon?
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Time management
- Understanding the regulatory environment
- Ethics and adherence to standards
- Continual professional development
Ponder potential steps you might consider taking to bridge these skill gaps and contribute them to the discussion group.
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BLESSING OGBOGU PMP COHORT 31 TEAM 2
I am very much open to learn all that is needed to be a good project manager from DEXA.
As an Administrator, the issue most times is how to balance time, ethics and standards in the work environment. So much to do and at the same time, very critical decisions to make that affect the wellbeing of workers and if those decisions are not made, it gives a wrong vibe in the team. I also have to check my communication skills. I need to be more direct with what needs to be done and the time required for submission. The workplace is so diverse that truly these courses are needed to be on top of the game. I am glad I am here
As an educationist trying to delve into the world of PM, communication and time-management are some of the skills i have been doing my best to perfect over the years; especially in a setting when you need to achieve academic goals through the help of school administrators, parents and local communities. Channeling these skills into a much more broader and complex world seems much more challenging in the sense that I need to put more effort into developing my current skills in addition to every other skill am starting to get familiar with. In order to bridge these gaps, I will have to invest my time in educative books, research journals and endeavor to get mentorship and internship opportunities from experts which can help to shed more light in more practical to help achieve faster personal growth and professional development.
The course has been insightful 👌 and I’m enjoying it
As fresher in the working class world, being the an admin of a Real estate company, super new to the work space although adapting fast. I believe I need to improve on my negotiation skill which is very vital for the role I play at work also what my company stands for. Secondly, Time management, this is important to me personally as much as it is officially. It would really be of a benefit for me as an intending P.M to master that skills which I must confess I’m struggling with.
Thirdly, understanding the regulatory environment,
Sadly, this is one skill I lack or better still not familiar with. Maybe because I’m very fresh to the work space, however this is very essential in my job because my kind of job deals with trusting us with their time earnings and investments. One wrong move, can either cost a client his life time savings, put us in a long term court case, while it will cost me my job.
Lastly, continual Professional development. This is essential to my job as much as I need to improve in it. Learning never ends I guess so.
In other to bridge this gap in skill, like I earlier said,
Learning never ends, hence, going for educative seminars, reading journals and books relating and generalizing to my work and career is needed.
For the Time management, I feel my work time should be outlined and scheduled. Hence, a to-dolist will help. Furthermore, I would have to practice the alarm and reminder system, watermarks and pop ups at every scheduled event on my phone and then a chart where I can go tick my progress.
It is important to note that, I will be learning negotiation skill from a fellow colleague who have mastered that skills. This is me gaining a knowledge in a practical form which has shown to be more effective.