竴绡嗿 　　BecominganOutstandingProjectManager 　　Whenitcomestobeingaleader,ittakesaspecialsetofskillstotakechargeandmanageagroupofpeople.Leadersneedtogetthebestoutoftheirteam,nomatterhowgrouchy,difficultordifferenttheyallarefromeachother.Thesameconceptappliestoprojectmanagement. 　　Asprojectmanagers,therearecharacteristicswhichmakegoodprojectmanagersoutstanding! 　　1.OutstandingProjectManagersInspireaSharedTeamVision 　　Whileitmaybecommonsensetomost鈥foraprojecttowork,everybodyneedstohavethesamevisionforwhereexactlytheprojectisgoing.Greatprojectmanagershelpallteammembersfeelliketheyhaveanequalstakeinaproject,andempowereveryonetoshareandexperiencethegroup鈥檚vision. 　　2.OutstandingProjectManagershaveGreatCommunicationSkills 　　Asaprojectmanager,communicatingwithdifferenttypesofstakeholderscanbetrickyattimes.Whenitcomestocommunicatingwithclientsversusteammembersversuscorporateleadership,itcanbecomedownrightdifficult.Projectmanagersneedtoclearlycommunicategoals,performance,andexpectations;andtheyneedtomanagefeedbackcomingatthemfromalldirections.Beingaccessible,open,anddirectiscriticalforbeingagoodcommunicator. 　　3.OutstandingProjectManagershaveIntegrity 　　Aprojectmanager鈥檚actionssetthemodusoperandifortheteam.Goodleadershiprequirescommitmentandadherencetoethicalpractices.Yes,projectsmustbeprofitable;andyes,therearemanywaystoensureprojectmanagerstaketheircorporateinterestsintoaccountwhileservingtheclient.However,greatprojectmanagersabidebyethicalstandardsandrewardingthoseteammemberswhofollowsuitispartoftheresponsibilityofthejob.Projectmanagementshouldneverbemotivatedbyself-interest;ratheritistheinterestoftheproject鈥檚successthatmattersmost. 　　4.OutstandingProjectManagersareEnthusiastic 　　Negativeleaderscanbearealpitfalltothesuccessofaprojectandtheoveralleffectivenessofateam.Greatprojectmanagershaveabounceintheirstepandacan-doattitudethatsetsthepacefortheirentireteam.Havinggoodenergy(withoutbeingannoying)iscriticaltosettingapositiveexampleanddemeanorfortheteam.Projectmanagerswhoarepositivelycommittedtogoals鈥evenwhenthingsgowrong鈥willhelpinspireotherstonotbecomenegativewhentheprojecthitsadelayorsnag. 　　5.OutstandingProjectManagersshowEmpathy,NotSympathy 　　Empathyandsympathyaretwodifferentthings.Sympathyisusuallyprojected,whileempathymeanstrulyunderstandinghowtheotherpersonfeels,especiallywhenitcomestothingswhichinvolvesalifeoutsideofwork.Sometimesempathyneedstobeshowntowardsteammemberswhoarestrugglingtocopebecauseofwhateveroutsideinfluencesmightbeaffectingtheirwork.Assuch,astrongprojectmanagerwillempathizewiththeteammember鈥檚issueswithoutshowingremorse(whereappropriate).Doingsoensuresteammemberscanremainproductiveontheproject,withoutexacerbatinganypersonalissuestheymaybegoingthrough. 　　6.OutstandingProjectManagersareviewedasCompetentintheSubjectMatteroftheProject 　　Teammembersneedtofeelliketheirprojectmanagerhassomedegreeofexpertiseintheproject鈥檚subjectmatter