Soft Skills in Project Management

When talking about project management, most companies focus solely on the various project management methods. It is all about tools, operative business, fields of competency, facts and figures. However, what is often disregarded and underestimated are the so-called soft skills, the typical people skills such as communication and motivation or culture and values. These skills are core competencies when working with people. They are power skills, not only soft skills. Projects are made by people for people, so the interpersonal interactions, the reading between the lines and applying all sorts of emotional aspects should – no, must! – definitely be taken into consideration when dealing with project management. We need to tackle the different aspects of leadership, teamwork, talk about the issue of agile mindset, about creativity and problem solving and we should learn how we manage to negotiate best with the people in our projects.