Top 12 Non-Technical Skills that a Project Manager Needs | Video

It’s not enough to know all the technical Project Management skills. To succeed, you need a load of non-technical skills too. Here are my top 12.

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What Do I Mean by Non-Technical Skills?

First, by non-technical, I mean skills that are not the key PM skills like scheduling, risk management, resource planning. Communication goes without saying. So, I don’t include it.

Instead, let’s get more granular. Most of these have a big element of communication in them:

1. Leadership
2. Facilitation
3. Feedback
4. Briefing
5. Presenting
6. Influencing
7. Negotiating
8. Problem Solving
9. Decision Making
10. Conflict Resolution
11. Financial Skills
12. Strategic thinking

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What Kit does a Project Manager Need?

I asked Project Managers in a couple of forums what material things you need to have, to do your job as a Project Manager. They responded magnificently. I compiled their answers into a Kit list. I added my own. 

Check out the Kit a Project Manager needs

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