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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My current role as a public Health scientist requires a very good communication skills, in which I really need to improve and be more proficient in my communication skills.
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I would love to work harder on my communication skill because I really suck at that ,time management and negotiation skills
I constantly have to communicate with various team members. Hence, i need to consistently improve on my communication skills. I also need to work on my time management in order to prevent burn-outs and unnecessary pressure.
i need to improve on time management – to stick to time and avoid procrastination and complete task as at when due
My current job role as a customer service representative requires I have the following skill set;
✅Communication skills : being able to speak to client professionally and also with clarity.
✅Negotiation skill: giving the best product and ensure to convince them on why they should go for the product and finally make payment.
✅Time management: avoiding procrastination and completing task as at when due.
✅Ethics and standard: being professional in your dealings as well as being honest with clients.
✅Continuing Professional Development: Take course to improve my expertise and also learn new ways to attend to clients thereby helping them resolved issues and meet their needs.
The skill set I would need to improve on is understanding the regulatory environment of my job.
My current job role as a customer service representative requires I have the following skill set;
✅Communication skills : being able to speak to client professionally and also with clarity.
✅Negotiation skill: giving the best product and ensure to convince them on why they should go for the product and finally make payment.
✅Time management: avoiding procrastination and completing task as at when due.
✅Ethics and standard: being professional in your dealings as well as being honest with clients.
✅Continuing Professional Development: Take course to improve my expertise and also learn new ways to attend to clients thereby helping them resolved issues and meet their needs.
The skill set I would need to improve on is understanding the regulatory environment of my job.
having gone through the six skills of APM, I think why I need to work more on is my …
1️⃣Negotiation skill
2️⃣Ethics and standard
3️⃣Continuing Professional Development.
I can find my way around the rest.
I would like to work more on my communication skills
As a developer, I will focus more on my negotiation skills because I am very bad at it at the moment
As a developer, I’ll focus more on my negotiating skills
My current job role is a technical writer and consultant
The skill I have to work on is understanding the regulatory environment
This is because I do have a lot of blind spots about the regulatory compliance as regards my job
I would work towards this by taking classes and trying to apply the teachings practically to grow faster