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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💬 Communication
Healthcare providers constantly interact with patients, families, colleagues, and other professionals. Clear, empathetic, and accurate communication can:
* Improve patient outcomes and satisfaction
* Prevent misunderstandings or medical errors
* Help build trust and rapport with patients
* Enable better teamwork in multidisciplinary settings
Why the Other Skills Still Matter:
While communication is central, the other areas are also important:
* Time Management – To handle multiple patients, prioritize care, and avoid burnout.
* Negotiation – Useful in coordinating care plans, managing resources, and resolving conflicts.
* Knowledge of the Regulatory Environment – Essential for compliance with healthcare laws, privacy regulations (like HIPAA), and institutional policies.
* Ethics & Standards – Critical for making sound clinical decisions and maintaining professionalism.
* Continuing Professional Development (CPD) – Healthcare evolves rapidly, so staying updated is vital for safe and effective care.
Conclusion:
Communication is the most crucial skill in a healthcare provider’s role, but developing all six areas will lead to a more competent, confident, and trusted professional.
What skill gaps do you have?
1. 🤝 Negotiation gap
a. Avoiding conflict or feeling.
b. Uncomfortable asserting your needs
Difficulty finding win-win solutions.
2. ⚖️ Ethics & Standards gap
a. Not being sure what to do in gray areas or under pressure
b. Conflicts between personal values and professional expectations
Hi my name is Idoko precious I’m in group 5.
Firstly thank you Dexa for the opportunity
Communication skills, Negotiation skill, time management skill , Knowledge regulatory skill, ethics and standard as well as continuing professional development skill are very important in my role as a content acquisition officer. Though I’m still learning under my job but I’ve gotten a wider insight how to implement this skills in my role to become more effective.
My name is Michael Okorie and I am in Group 6.
The only place I have gaps that I need to cover is in the area of knowledge of the regulatory environment.
My name is Nmesooma, and I’m the team lead for a media agency.
I am strong in time management and ensuring attention is given to priority work. I also have an awareness of the regulatory environment and their ethics but I think I’m deficient in communication. I appear too formal and direct, and often mistaken for too bossy.
I’m Ellamaurice, all of these skills do apply in my work role and I thank DEXA for this opportunity. I can proudly say that I’m working on the one that I was not doing well.
I am Queen Onyebuchi. Communication negotiation with continuing professional development will go a long way for me in my field. Thank you 🙏
I am Confidence N. James. I am currently in the cohort 26 training, team 3. I am an agroforestry practitioner and a data analyst and one of the skills i want to build is the negotiation skills. I happen to work with clients in different aspects and drawing a conclusion as to what they want is a challenge for me.
My name is Anwar Chiemela Steven, I am a builder by profession. I’ve worked as a site supervisor for a while now, I’ve seen the need for these project manager 6 skills.
Communication: on site lack of communication can be fatal to the ongoing project, especially when dealing with artisans who feels you’re too little to lead them. Communication with clients to is paramount, incase there’s change in design or mind on original scope of project.
Negotiation: When working with fixed or flexible budgets it’s good to negotiate deals that won’t dent your wallet. Especially with clients and sellers of commodities.
Time Management: when a project completion time is 6 months or more or less, it’s usually good to work in that time frame especially for reputation basis and to get more deals your way. Clients love a contractor that works with time.
Understanding the Regulatory Environment: in the construction field there are rules that needs to be followed especially HSE rules which when not followed can slow down the project given time.
Ethics and Adherence to Standards: in concrete mixes there are standard mixture ratios and they need to be followed to prevent colossal damages. Just to mention a few.
Continual Professional Development: the same scheme used in construction in 19th century isn’t the same am now. The world’s evolving. You either evolve with it or get stuck in the past. Continual researches are carried for effective project delivery
I’m Ajiboye Richard Yomade
A social media manager and brand strategist
The most important skill I want to enhance is negotiation
This has been a great deal for me over time, because I just cant negotiate
Now I have learnt that negotiation is a win-win thing and I’m super ready for what us ahead of me
I am Precious Hassan, cohort 26, team 9, and I’m a virtual assistant. One part of me I would love to develop is my communication skills. That includes my written and my verbal communication skills. In my line of work, I need to communicate effectively, but as an introvert, I haven’t been doing that well. It is even better because I work remotely, so I am able to talk to my employers, but my written communication, like writing emails, is still rough around the edges, and I have been practising to write so as to sharpen my writing skills. Also, I need more improvement with my time management skills, I must say. I am learning to prioritise tasks, and it has been helping me greatly with my time management.