We have discussed what a project manager must communicate about the project, its goals, and the expectations the project manager has for every team member, including consultants. In addition to these significant tasks, project managers must also be able to communicate about their role and their style. To ensure that consultants do their [...]
The project manager cannot assume that each person interprets disbursed information in the same manner. It is therefore of paramount importance that the project manager ensures that information is clear and its source is consistent (for instance, that it all comes from the PM as informer). It is just as important that the [...]
Project managers must constantly extend themselves to all of the consultants
on the team in a personal and individual manner, so that they can attempt to identify and resolve perception problems as they begin. If project managers initiate frequent, private conversations with individual team members, they can take important steps to identify and correct [...]