7. Growing professional skills

Effective leaders have in-depth knowledge of commercial, industrial, contractual and technical issues. They are generalists who must make relevant decisions and understand their implications.

To achieve this, training in the various areas of intervention is essential, and more effective if it takes place in the field during certain fixed periods.

A period of pairing up a senior project manager with a newcomer is favorable and essential for the individual, who will then be recognized, and the company, which will have full confidence in the future manager.

Human resources departments must increasingly take advantage of this transfer of experience between senior staff who will soon be leaving the company and juniors who will have a strong theoretical background, but who will need to learn how to put it into practice,...