Top 12 Non-Technical Skills that a Project Manager Needs

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. 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 Recommended Videos Carefully curated video recommendations for you: - How to Become a Great Project Manager - 3 things you need https://youtu.be/yiJhbzY3ASM - What do Good Project Managers do that Average PMs Don't? https://youtu.be/8mo-yhF0roY - How to Succeed in Project Management: 8 Skills to Cultivate https://youtu.be/JzLu5atJ88k - Three Concepts to Make You a Smarter Project Manager https://youtu.be/Y2oYkDdbIV4 - Personal Effectiveness: 5 Tips for Project Managers https://youtu.be/m4gmYvjR7hU - The Single Best Team Effectiveness Tool https://youtu.be/PIges1XHIiw - Personal Professional Effectiveness for Project Managers https://youtu.be/HVVyzAtGjVw - Project Management Lessons from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People https://youtu.be/wNvViOJuALo A while back, 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. https://kit.co/MikeClayton/what-a-project-manager-needs Note that the links are affiliated. For more great Project Management videos, please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMZfp1_wquyegVY9SoER0Nw?sub_confirmation=1 For all our great Project Management articles and resources, please check out the OnlinePMCourses website: https://onlinepmcourses.com/ For basic Management Courses - free training hosted on YouTube, with 2 new management lessons a week, check out our sister channel, Management Courses: http://youtube.com/c/managementcourses For more of our Project Management videos in themed collections, join our Free Academy of Project Management: https://onlinepmcourses.com/free-academy-of-project-management/ #Project #ProjectManagement #Non-TechnicalSkills