C.3. Becoming a Leader
Becoming a leader to your project team is the goal of any project manager. By doing such a thorough, complete job of leading the team, inspiring the individuals you'll be working with, and seeing every task through to completion, the people on the project team will wonder what they ever did without you.
One aspect of becoming a leader as an independent project manager that may be a challenge for you is communication. You need to stress to the project team that communication to management in regard to the project needs to flow through you. Often what happens is the project team finds it very easy to bypass the project manager and report trouble directly to management. Ultimately, this usurps the authority of the project ...
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