1. Focus on solutions: Problem solving and breaking through constraints is an essential part of managing projects.
2. Participative and decisive: All the best project managers understand the need to communicate and consult.
3. Focus on customer: In every project there are customers. They might be internal or external or a combination of both.
4. Focus on win-win outcomes: In any project there will be many stakeholders, all of whom will see their issues as being the most important.
5. Lead from the front: Project managers need to lead by example.
6. Adapt to what arises: You can set out the best plans in the world, think about the risks, put great tracking in place and even then the unexpected will show up from time to time.
7. Get the best out of everyone: Those that excel as project managers realise they cannot do it all on their own.
(excerpted) by Dominic McCarthy for Business Time Zone Global, click here to read the article in its entirety
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