01 How to be a good manager
If I look back on my own manager career, I have my own Good manager hall of fame, those managers who I think have inspired me, encouraged me and help me along my career path, so when people ask about me, that would be my reference, so I believe there are some misconceptions that I see around. Sometimes people compare managers and leaders, position manager to be the bad thing. So the truth is there are some bad managers, but there are some good ones too.
And if you think about it , many successful athletes, entertainers, business people, artists, leaders who I admire most, have good managers. That help them in heart to become successful.
They are the gate keepers who help manage their time, money and effort, they negotiate contracts and deal with them. And they also help them to get to where they need to be.
So when you consider the manager role, here are some of the questions that people often ask.
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How can I be a good manager?
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How can I be the best manager I can be?
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How are the management skill I need?
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How do I know if I’m being effective?
So let’s break this down and take a look at some of these.
So I believe to go from a Manager to a good manager, there is some growth happens that need occur, there is some transmission that’s natural, gaining new skills and developing new behaviors. That does happen overtime, that does take time, it doesn’t happen overnight with the switch of a title.
So let’s look at some management skills you need.
So first of all, time management. There is so much things going on that you responsible for, with people with issues. It’s important to be able to manage time effectively, neither it’s positively or negatively impact those who are reporting to you.
And also communication. To be able to clearly communicate a message effectively to different people, so that they can understand it.
And also conflict resolution. Every time there is more than one person, which there typically always is, there are different ideas, different perceptions, different approaches which most times generate conflict. So being able to resolve that conflict quickly and efficiently.
Also team building. Again, when there is more than one, or couple people on the group. you know building the team, instead of just having them reporting to you, build a cohesive team is powerful, there is a lot of synergy you can get from an actual team.
And also negotiation, as managers, they can negotiate pay, benefits, pay, they can negotiate all kind of things, they can negotiate projects for you. So It’s important to be able to negotiate things on behalf of yourself as a manager and also the people are reporting to you.
And also task management. Being able to follow up things and follow through, so that things can get done.
And organization, and again there are so many things that’re going to be happening at the same time, being able to be organized in the approach and how you do your work.
Agian there are many more, these are just, just today a few of the more important ones.
Also there some qualities, these are not all the qualities, but there are some that I hear commonly mentioned when people talk about the good management Hall of Fame. These are some of the qualities that the people have.
Number one, being able to inspire that who are going to report to you,and showing them that they believe in you,
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Inspire you
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Believe in you
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Encourage
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Confident
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Honest
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Reliable
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Connect/relate
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Follow up
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Follow through
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Decisive (being very decisive)
Again, I look them in 3 categories, they handle task, they handle people, and they also handle team. They keep things on track, they support, and direct people on the team, and by guiding them on their strengths. And also keeping the team cohesive.