Making a Modern Project Manager
SERIES ARTICLE
By Yasmina Khelifi
Paris, France
In part 1, we explored some definitions, challenges and reluctances about knowledge sharing. In part 2, we debunked some myths.
In this final part, let us see the benefits and how to foster knowledge sharing.
Let’s go!
Spell out the Benefits
Benefits for you
When you share knowledge, you can improve your expertise. People will ask questions. You will need to find out the answers, and this may require further research.
This is also a way to showcase your existing expertise on a topic.
When you explain, you also upskill your communication skills: how can you explain a technical standard simply? Or some new technology? These are crucial skills for every leader.
The process forces you to formalize your tacit knowledge. By doing so, you open up the path to delegation. And when you delegate, you have more time to concentrate on new projects or to change your position.
Benefits for your team
Sharing knowledge is an important step for onboarding new members: it can be done through documents, recorded videos with explanations, and conversations.
When you take the time to talk about your projects at hand, you can also get new perspectives that will enhance your creativity.
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Editor’s note: This series of articles is by a project manager for Gen X, Y and Z project professionals. The author Yasmina Khelifi is a project manager with a large multinational telecom in France while also an active PM professional, authoring articles, interviews and a popular LinkedIn blog as well as a podcast with a global audience. Also active in PMI France for many years, she has been an international correspondent for the PMWJ since 2021. We are delighted that she agreed to author a series of articles based on her personal experiences over the last decade.
How to cite this paper: Khelifi, Y. (2025). Sharing Knowledge (Part 3), Making a Modern Project Manager, series article, PM World Journal, Vol. XIV, Issue III, March. Available online at: http://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pmwj150-Mar2025-Khelifi-Sharing-Knowledge-part-3.pdf
About the Author
Yasmina Khelifi
Paris, France
Yasmina Khelifi, PMP, PMI- ACP, PMI-PBA is an experienced project manager in the telecom industry. Along with her 20-year career at Orange S.A. (the large French multinational telecommunications corporation), she sharpened her global leadership skills, delivering projects with major manufacturers and SIM makers. Yasmina strives for building collaborative bridges between people to make international projects successful. She relies on three pillars: project management skills, the languages she speaks, and a passion for sharing knowledge.
She is a PMP certification holder since 2013, a PMI- ACP and PMI-PBA certification holder since 2020. She is an active volunteer member at PMI France and PMI UAE, and a member of PMI Germany Chapter. French-native, she can speak German, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and she is learning Arabic. Yasmina loves sharing her knowledge and experiences at work, in her volunteers’ activities at PMI, and in projectmanagement.com as a regular blogger. She is also the host and co-founder of the podcast Global Leaders Talk with Yasmina Khelifi to help people in becoming better international leaders.
Yasmina can be contacted at https://yasminakhelifi.com/ or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasminakhelifi-pmp-telecom/
Visit her correspondent profile at https://pmworldlibrary.net/yasmina-khelifi/
To view other works by Yasmina Kehelifi, visit her author showcase in the PM World Library at https://pmworldlibrary.net/authors/yasmina-khelifi/
