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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As a Project Manager, i will focus more in building my communication, Time management, and Negotiation skills as these skills will help me prioritize my tasks and also grow in my career.
As a Project Manager, Communication, Time management, Understanding the regulatory environment, Ethics and adherence to standards
are essential for my job and I need to improve on getting Continual professional development.
As a project manager, I will focus more on developing my negotiating skills
As a Project Manager, strong communication skills are essential. They help you stay aligned with clients and team members, clearly communicate deadlines, and manage risks before they escalate. Effective communication is truly the backbone of successful project management.
As a Quality personnel, having a bit of knowledge in all areas mentioned is very essential. I focus more on adherence to standards, time management and understanding the regulatory environment but having to collaborate with other departments such as production and documentation control, communication, ethics and even negotiation comes into play. I would also focus on continual professional development as this provides the resources for better growth and advancement across career paths.
As a project manager I will detailed more on communication and time management, to be able to prioritize my tasks.
As a project manager, I will be focusing more on time management as it will help me prioritize work by balancing what is most important with what is most urgent.
As a virtual Assistant/ Appointment scheduler, I have to work more on time management and also be a good communicator as these skills will help me succeed.
As a Sales manager, i will be focusing more communication and Negotiation skills, also add effort on a continual professional development as growth in our kind of industry requires good knowledge in diverse sectors of the economy.