Six Writing Skills Any Project Manager Should Absolutely Have

 Writing usually doesn’t come to mind first when you think about the project manager position. There are so many other things that project managers have to do that writing doesn’t seem like an issue. It’s just something you do to get the job done – it isn’t a job on its own.

However, communication is a big part of a project manager’s job and most of that communication will happen through emails, texts or in any other written form. The quality of the job and the success of the project inherently depend on how clear and understandable what the project manager wrote is.

But writing doesn’t come easy, not even to the professional writers. It takes time, editing and a lot of anxiety on whether the message was conveyed properly. It’s a hard skill to master.

Luckily, the truth is that you don’t really have to master it. No one expects literary perfection from your writing. In fact, if you do a good job, no one will even pay attention to your writing but to what is being said.

You have a simple goal – to be understood. This you can achieve with clarity and brevity – and no literary skill at all.

To achieve this, though, there are a few skills that you, as a project manager, should undoubtedly have. Here is our list:

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