Community development projects greatly benefit those living within the area. For this reason, it is important that those in charge efficiently and effectively run these projects. Therefore, if you are looking for someone to manage your community development projects, here are the qualities he or she should possess.
Can Inspire a Shared Vision
An effective project manager can be described as person with a vision of where he or she wants the project to go and is able to articulate it. He or she can lift your project up, give it a reason for being, and can inspire change.
Such a manager won’t only inspire you, but he or she will also lift the spirits of others involved in the project making them feel like they are have a real stake in it. On top of that, they will empower them to create their own visions and prepare a platform where they can explore those visions.
They are a Good Communicator
One ways to create strong relationships between those involved in a project is through communication. Good project managers have the ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels. For a project to succeed, the project manager must have the ability to communicate clearly about goals, expectations, performance, and feedback. This means that the manager you hire should have all these qualities packaged as one.
By hiring a manager who can communicate effectively, it won’t be necessary for you as the pioneer to be that much involved in the project because the manager’s leadership guarantees the accomplishment of your project’s goals.
Integrity
It takes the actions, rather than the words of a project manager to set the mode of operation for the team involved in your community development project. This is something that project managers should always have in their minds. Apart from that, setting the modus operandi, he or she should demonstrate high levels of commitment and ethics to the project’s course.
The manager should also demonstrate integrity. This means that he or she should be dedicated to honesty, have high moral values, and respect each and every person involved in the project regardless of his or her rank. In other words, the project manager should take responsibility for setting the high bar for ethical behaviors for those working below and even above him or her, as well as rewarding those who carry out their duties with valor.
