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Mellacheruvu Adi Saasthry , Director, India
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To be excellent, a project manager should be:
- Communicative - Communication is the artery of any project and information is the blood that should flow seamlessly. The PM has to be communicative to all levels of the organization who are involved. It is not just to be communicative, but communicate effectively the right information at the right time to all the stakeholders of a project.
- Collaborative - Projects are a joint intellectual effort of many minds. The PM should lead any activity in a project and should take a collaborative approach. For example when adopting this approach, the PM is involving the client in project activities from the beginning, indirectly getting a buy-in. It becomes easier for the client to take decisions in any activity and overall it saves time in the project.
- Committed - This can make or break lots of decisions and has a tremendous impact on the project, and on the relationships and trust between the PM and various other constituents. A PM, once c (...) Read more? Sign up for free
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Foure-Joopen Helga
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Add Extra C's: Coordination and Concentration
The four C's indicated above could perhaps be comp (...)
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Peruch, Management Consultant, Belgium
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The Ideal Project Manager is a Leader
Mr Saasthry,
I like your points, what you tell us (...)
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Leonard Stewart
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Add Extra C: Cool
I would add another C: Cool, as in cool under pres (...)
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Asad Ali, Manager, Pakistan
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Add Extra C: Caring
Agreed, but I would add yet another C for Caring, (...)
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alice fernandes
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Establishing an Ideal Project Team
Very good points are listed but very rare to find (...)
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Shankar Lakkaraju
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Caring / Empathy
@ : I agree with Caring; without empathy towards " (...)
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Mohamed Hisham
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The Ideal Project Manager
It becomes clear reading the above that the subjec (...)
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umesh bahadur
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Add Extra C: Couragious
Great. I would like to add courage in taking decis (...)
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Frank Yost
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Leadership
@ : I could not agree with you more. People are lo (...)
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Macil Eddy
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Add Extra C: Centered
What about centered as in centered on the end goal (...)
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isaiah, Accountant, Kenya
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Extra C: Cost Effectiveness
Cost effectiveness is also key. Cost-time tradeoff (...)
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Madan Gopal Agarwal, Business Consultant, India
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Behavioural Traits for a Good Project Manager
Good and useful summary of behavioural traits for (...)
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Prof. Dr. Karl Kuhn
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4 C's are Good, But Other Qualities are Needed as Well
I agree that these are prerequisites supporting pr (...)
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wil son chnyamurindi, Zimbabwe
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To Succeed as a Project Manager
Over and above all else, the PM should visualise t (...)
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Tom Smulders, Business School Marketer, Netherlands
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The 4C's of a Project Manager
Very good points, I wish I had realized it earlier (...)
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Mark Song, Manager, China
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Add Extra C: Customer Oriented
I would like to add another C: customer-oriented. (...)
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aurelian cojocaru
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Project Manager should be C-L-E-A-R
To complete the picture, there is also the CLEAR a (...)
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Ioannis Chassiotis, Greece
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Requirements for Effective Project Manager
The above mentioned 4C's can equally apply to effe (...)
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James Kimani Mwaura, Manager, Kenya
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Project Management Tools
On a basic level, the project manager should also (...)
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Shadrack Ashibo Atanda
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Project Manager Traits
I totally agree with the above C's.. enlightening! (...)
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Rannona A Rantao
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Project Manager and Transformational Leadership
I agree with the various comments on the required (...)
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Roller Saint Pierre
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Ad Extra C: Culturally Oriented
What about "culturally oriented". A PM must unders (...)
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Robin Lahiri
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On Extra C: Centered on Goals
@: I couldn't agree more.
In many organisations, (...)
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Mohd Alduwaihees, Strategy Consultant, Kuwait
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Add Extra C: Candid
I would like to add another c (candid) telling the (...)
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Marco Brandimarte, Project Manager, Italy
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Add Extra C: Coherent
Coherence increases reliability of relationship an (...)
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Nzuza
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On: Client-oriented
@ : Mark, I agree.
As a project manager, you are (...)
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francisco
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Consider Replacing Collaborative by Cooperative
I think, instead of, collaborative, you should put (...)
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COL SUNDER LALVANI, Coach, India
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An Ideal Project Manager: Before the 4 C's
I would rate as the most essential characteristic (...)
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Mellacheruvu Adi Saasthry , Director, India
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THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS !
Thank you to all of you, it pays really to enrich (...)
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Maia de Lourdes Larrea
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On Extra C: Care / Caring
@ : For Saasthry's 4 C's, the most important thing (...)
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Bergmann, Business Consultant, Germany
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Caring? Project Manager must be Passionate too
Talking about caring... from my point of view a pr (...)
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Andile Ace Kwakweni, Project Manager, South Africa
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4 C's of an Ideal Project Manager
Just about every "additional" comment and "counter (...)
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Alexander Weihs
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Extra C: Coach
I like these 4C's and would like to suggest anothe (...)
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Alberto
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The Project Manager Should Be a Good Finisher too
I agree with many of above opinions. Additionally (...)
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Ana Gonzalez, Mexico
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Culture Matters
@ : I agree. Culture is another C even though is n (...)
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Oscar Pinto, Project Manager, Portugal
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Add Extra C: Competent
I would like to add another C. Competent: a compet (...)
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Kerr, Manager, Ireland
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Add Extra C: Consistency
How about consistent? What I mean is that a PM mus (...)
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Maria Montero, Coach, Venezuela
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The Human Part!
I agree with everything said here. In my short exp (...)
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Oscar Tobar, Consultant, Guatemala
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4C + Time, Costs and Quality
I agree totally with these four fields of a PM´s b (...)
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John A. Williams, Project Manager, Netherlands
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4C's are Keys to Success in Project Management
It's good to see that more attention is being give (...)
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Joel Nicaragua
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On Courage
@: You are totally right. What we always find in t (...)
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Ana Lilly Sander Padilla
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So.... The 12 C's of a Perfect Project Manager...
I was reading all of your your comments, and I tho (...)
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M Johnson, Management Consultant, Australia
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Combine 4 C's of an Ideal Project Manager with the 7S as a Checklist
I like this. Perhaps the 4 c's could be combined w (...)
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nan zeng
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Using the Cs for Selecting a Project Manager
In my opinion, it is necessary to determine the fe (...)
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Anwar Saleem
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Caring - Passionate > Motivating
@: caring here doesn't mean pampering, caring here (...)
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Reshma Sreedharan, Teacher, India
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Extra C: Conscientious
The 4 C's mentioned are the core of being a succes (...)
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Anwar Saleem
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Technically Prepared - Skilled
@: I agree, being technically prepared or being co (...)
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Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal
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More Project Manager Traits...
It seems that we are stuck with Cs as Shaastri ini (...)
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Bergmann, Business Consultant, Germany
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Caring & Passionate
@:
Yes, your are right. I agree with this meaning (...)
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bhusan
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Essential Traits in the Form of 12 Cs
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I think you summarized the discussion well in (...)
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Heather Jones
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4 C's in Practice?
The C's sound good in theory, but how do they actu (...)
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V SHRIDHAR, Consultant, India
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Creating Team Spirit
The 4Cs are definitely the most important qualitie (...)
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Paolo Mazzoni
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Managing Customer's Change Requests
All interesting and valid opinions. In my experien (...)
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Mahmoud
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Catalyzation ~ Caring
I would like to add Catalyzation which is very nea (...)
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Sam Oum, Director, Cambodia
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Add Extra C: Concluding
Concluding is also one of the most important C's f (...)
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John Moses, Manager, Nigeria
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Extra C: Current
In my own opinion, the list is ending. Apart from (...)
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Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
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Thanks for This Nice Discussion
Thanks Mr. Saasthry for the 4C's and all other con (...)
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