Plugging the skills gap – what skills are organisations looking for?

It doesn’t matter how well project managers understand the methodologies – if they can’t communicate with people in the project, fail to lead from the front and don’t have a sound understanding of the commercial place of the project within the organisation they will not be successful. How can we create these project manager stars? It is time for the project management profession to wake up to the pressing need to supplement accredited learning with non-accredited learning and arm staff with essential soft skills, communication and commercial skills.