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			              The 4C's of an Ideal Project Manager
Mellacheruvu Adi Saasthry , Director, India, Premium Member
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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			                  		Add Extra C's: Coordination and Concentration
														
														Foure-Joopen   Helga
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			                  			The Ideal Project Manager is a Leader

															Peruch, Management Consultant, Belgium, Member
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			                  		Add Extra C: Cool
														
														Leonard Stewart
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			                  			Add Extra C: Caring

															Asad Ali, Manager, Pakistan, Member
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			                  		Establishing an Ideal Project Team
														
														alice fernandes
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			                  		Caring / Empathy
														
														Shankar Lakkaraju
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			                  		The Ideal Project Manager
														
														Mohamed Hisham
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			                  		Add Extra C: Couragious
														
														umesh bahadur
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			                  		Leadership
														
														Frank Yost
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			                  		Add Extra C: Centered
														
														Macil Eddy
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			                  			Extra C: Cost Effectiveness

															isaiah, Accountant, Kenya, Member
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			                  			Behavioural Traits for a Good Project Manager

															Madan Gopal Agarwal, Business Consultant, India, Member
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			                  			4 C's are Good, But Other Qualities are Needed as Well

															Prof. Dr. Karl Kuhn, Project Manager, Member
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			                  			To Succeed as a Project Manager

															wil son chnyamurindi, Zimbabwe, Member
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			                  			The 4C's of a Project Manager

															Tom Smulders, Business School Marketer, Netherlands, Member
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			                  			Add Extra C: Customer Oriented

															Mark Song, Manager, China, Member
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			                  		Project Manager should be C-L-E-A-R
														
														aurelian cojocaru
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			                  			Requirements for Effective Project Manager

															Ioannis Chassiotis, Greece, Member
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			                  			Project Management Tools

															James Kimani Mwaura, Manager, Kenya, Member
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			                  		Project Manager Traits
														
														Shadrack Ashibo Atanda
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			                  		Project Manager and Transformational Leadership
														
														Rannona A Rantao
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			                  		Ad Extra C: Culturally Oriented
														
														Roller Saint Pierre
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			                  		On Extra C: Centered on Goals
														
														Robin Lahiri
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			                  			Add Extra C: Candid

															Mohd Alduwaihees, Strategy Consultant, Kuwait, Member
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			                  			Add Extra C: Coherent

															Marco Brandimarte, Project Manager, Italy, Member
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			                  		On: Client-oriented
														
														Nzuza
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			                  		Consider Replacing Collaborative by Cooperative
														
														francisco
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			                  			An Ideal Project Manager: Before the 4 C's

															COL SUNDER LALVANI, Coach, India, Member
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			                  			THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS !

															Mellacheruvu Adi Saasthry , Director, India, Premium Member
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			                  		On Extra C: Care / Caring
														
														Maia de Lourdes Larrea
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			                  			Caring? Project Manager must be Passionate too

															Bergmann, Business Consultant, Germany, Member
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			                  			4 C's of an Ideal Project Manager

															Andile Ace Kwakweni, Project Manager, South Africa, Member
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			                  		Extra C: Coach
														
														Alexander Weihs
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			                  		The Project Manager Should Be a Good Finisher too
														
														Alberto
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			                  			Culture Matters

															Ana Gonzalez, Mexico, Member
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			                  			Add Extra C: Competent

															Oscar Pinto, Project Manager, Portugal, Member
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			                  			Add Extra C: Consistency

															Kerr, Manager, Ireland, Member
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			                  			The Human Part!

															Maria Montero, Coach, Venezuela, Member
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			                  			4C + Time, Costs and Quality

															Oscar Tobar, Consultant, Guatemala, Member
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			                  			4C's are Keys to Success in Project Management

															John A. Williams, Project Manager, Netherlands, Member
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			                  		On Courage
														
														Joel Nicaragua
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			                  		So.... The 12 C's of a Perfect Project Manager...
														
														Ana Lilly Sander Padilla
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			                  			Combine 4 C's of an Ideal Project Manager with the 7S as a Checklist

															M Johnson, Management Consultant, Australia, Member
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			                  		Using the Cs for Selecting a Project Manager
														
														nan zeng
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			                  		Caring - Passionate > Motivating
														
														Anwar Saleem
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			                  			Extra C: Conscientious

															Reshma Sreedharan, Teacher, India, Member
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			                  		Technically Prepared - Skilled
														
														Anwar Saleem
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			                  			More Project Manager Traits...

															Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal, Member
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			                  			Caring & Passionate

															Bergmann, Business Consultant, Germany, Member
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			                  		Essential Traits in the Form of 12 Cs
														
														bhusan
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			                  		4 C's in Practice?
														
														Heather Jones
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			                  			Creating Team Spirit

															V SHRIDHAR, Consultant, India, Member
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			                  			Managing Customer's Change Requests

															Paolo Mazzoni, Consulente di Organizzazione, Italy, Member
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			                  		Catalyzation ~ Caring
														
														Mahmoud
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			                  			Add Extra C: Concluding

															Sam Oum, Director, Cambodia, Member
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			                  			Extra C: Current

															John Moses, Manager, Nigeria, Member
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			                  			Thanks for This Nice Discussion

															Jaap de Jonge, Management Consultant, Netherlands
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