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Team-Building and Motivating
Project managers will rely heavily on team-building and motivational skills. Teams are often formed with people from different parts of the organization. These people may or may not have worked together before, so there may be some component of team-building groundwork that will involve the project manager. The project manager will set the tone for the project team and will help them work through the various team-forming stages to become fully functional. Motivating the team, especially during long projects or those experiencing a lot of bumps along the way, is another important role the project manager fulfills during the course of the project.
An interesting caveat to the team-building role is that project managers many times are responsible for motivating team members who are not their direct reports. This has its own set of challenges and dilemmas. One way to help this situation is to ask the functional manager to allow you to participate in your project team members' performance reviews. Use the negotiation and influencing skills to make sure you're part of this process. |
