Due to the nature of my co-op I have worked with a number of project managers. They have all had different styles, some good and some bad. The worst I have worked with was purely focused on output and would not help in getting there. They would send emails demanding where parts of the project were without asking how she could help to get whatever part done. I would describe here as too hands off.

A different one I worked with was the opposite, far too hands on. They would send almost daily emails asking how they could help me, but basically they wanted to job mine and everyone else’s do my jobs. This made it quite hard to work because we were given very little room to breathe and actually work. And he would reject certain parts if they weren’t done his way regardless of if they were correct.

The last one, and the best one I have worked with was a perfect balance. They let us work and trusted us to get the job done, but if someone got bogged down or needed help form someone higher up they were always willing to lend a hand to make sure the project was moving along. They know that we were engineers and we would get it done. I think this is a great balance because it allows all involved to do what they are good and and get the project moving forward.