Winning PM disposition, skills, and habits
What are the winning PM disposition, skills, and habits that you have seen based on your experience with your PM? Have you seen it being different between MM and SM PMs?
I will start with what I have seen (single manager PM):
- Granular and detail oriented approach to names
- Succinct and terse but clear communication
- Bottom-up orientation to problem solving - starting with the details and building up the picture
- Hardworking to a fault
- Limited attention span with people who don't provide valuable input to positions
- Strong macro handle on topics that could move the book
- Lacks people management skills and doesn't care too much about how analysts/team feels about things
I am always left wondering if you have to be detail oriented and granular to win as a PM or is it possible to have an edge and winning formula by being top-down and big picture oriented. Another point that I have been thinking about more is if you can be a people person and still be successful - meaning can your analyst like you as a manager and an investor?
Curious to see what you guys are seeing out there
I can subscribe to many points you listed. Others:
I've seen a range of personalities. Going to be blunt, character and such doesn't really mean shit, at my MM I've seen people from opposite ends of the spectrum win and lose. These soft skills and traits will help a prospective PM get the opportunity, but once they are in the driver's seat none of it matters, only PnL and risk.