The Commercial Property Manager plays a pivotal 'lynch-pin' role in the overall property investment process. In fact, one could say that Commercial Property & Asset Management constitutes the ENGINE ROOM which DRIVES the entire commercial property investment management process - preparing the crucial management groundwork & data upon which higher-echelon strategic investment decision-making is done (e.g. in upper-end portfolio & funds-management arenas). Like most other professional disciplines in the property industry, Commercial Property Management (CPM for short) is very much a PEOPLE business. Many would argue that the development of high-quality inter-personal skills is perhaps even more important in the property management domain, compared to most other available property career options. Few industry experts would dispute that one of the chief responsibilities of the property manager, particularly in commercial investment property arenas, is the maintenance of good working relationships with both owners and tenants, together with a genuine appreciation of their respective wants, needs and priorities in a business context. The Commercial Property Manager also enjoys close linkages with other property professionals such as higher-level investment analysts, developers, agency-based marketing and leasing specialists, property-market researchers, and valuers. Hence, it can be seen that the inter-personal side of the Property Manager's skills base has a pronounced multi-dimensional nature to it. Suffice to say that a career in the Property and Asset Management sector of the property industry is not considered suitable for those who do not enjoy working closely with other people, nor for those who are unable to foster an interest in the needs and personal priorities of their clients and customers. As we move headlong through the first decade of the New Millennium, it is beyond dispute that good, astute, highly-competent, multi-skilled Commercial Property and Asset Managers are held in ever-increasing levels of high esteem within the property industry. In addition, considerably attractive prospects exist within the Management sector of the Commercial Property Industry for very significant career advancement beyond basic property management functions. Attractive opportunities exist for rapid progression into higher-echelon domains in corporate asset and portfolio management, and beyond that, into funds management at top-end institutional investor levels.