Wednesday, April 7, 2010

5 Basic Qualifications for a Manager

Now a days, I see many middle managers with less management skills – because most of them just became managers, based on the experience they got in years – but not really with required qualifications. No – I am not taking about educational qualifications. M.B.A is not a criteria for any managers – it is just an operational knowledge. Here I am listing 5 basic qualifications – which I found from my best managers.

1. Planning Skills
Not just for software projects, but for anything we need a proper planning to avoid stop-points in reaching the goal.

2. Communication Skills
Not just talking, but also listening, understanding and discussing. A very important thing is avoiding bad language.

3. Presentation Skills
It is all about what to say, how to say, what is the sequence of information delivery etc.

4. Pro-active nature
Visualize the case with multiple if conditions – and plan accordingly.

5. Prioritize works
What to do, when to do, which work is linked with what, setting expectations and communicating the same.

Note: Re-post from SiliconIndia Blog

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