Can I Do What I Do Best…Every Day?
Wouldn’t it be great if we only had to do what we do best? This may not be feasible for you, as you have varied responsibilities as a manager. What you can do is focus your energies on your strengths when managing employees.
What are you best at? When you are managing your employees, where do you feel most comfortable in interacting? If you focus on your strengths, you will enhance your management skills and guide the performance and well-being of your employees.
Most managers find managing employees their greatest challenge as people can be a bit chaotic, and you may not always know what to do. Since you can’t delegate this responsibility, you can choose to reframe your view of this challenge.
Like each member on your team, you have your strengths as well as areas you are less comfortable.
All managers have some skills and knowledge around managing employees. What if you were to select the one skill that you feel most confident when managing your team and fully develop that one strength…and do it until you see results with your team.
You may be a new manager where every aspect of your role as a manager seems challenging. Take one function and do your best. This way you minimize the overwhelming feeling that comes with managing employees and start to maximize your results.
Here are skills that you need in managing people:
- Recruiting – find out all you need to know to find the best talent. Select employees who are high performers with strong communication skills. Be clear on what functions within your department are needed to meet your deliverables. Learn about behavior-based interviewing techniques to develop your recruiting skills.
- Motivation – Do you naturally encourage and motivate others? Technically motivation comes from the individual, yet the manager can open or close the ‘motivation door’ within each person.
- Coaching – focus your attention on the details of each person’s performance and guide them to the best of their abilities.
- Conflict Resolution – do you have strong negotiation skills and enjoy creating a win-win for both sides.
- High Standards – Clear about what performance levels are critical to succeed in business. Are you willing to follow up to insure that your team members are clear about the performance expectations. Respect for the individual and their strengths is important in this area.
- Listening – is this a strong skill for you. Do you have the ability to slow down and hear what others say? This is an important skill and worth the effort to fully develop it.
- Organizing – you are great at organizing and you can mentor and help your employees become more productive. In addition to organizing, you will also need to be proficient in understanding other’s work styles.
Select one function above where you are most skilled and fully develop your knowledge and delivery. If you take one area and build your knowledge and skills, you will find that the other functions of a successful manager will become stronger.
When you are focusing your attention on your strengths, you increase your confidence, feel better about yourself, and in turn increase the well-being of your team.
Take the time to evaluate what you do best in managing employees. All managers have strength in at least one area…find out what you like best and what you currently offer your employees. Then provide your employees with the best you have to offer.
Pat
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21 Great Ways to Become an Outstanding Manager by Brian Tracy
With this valuable step-by-step program, you will learn how to:
• Lead your team to maximum results – so you can stand out above the rest
• Keep your team happy and motivated
• Maximize your natural leadership capabilities
• Build a team to take you to the top
• Make your profits soar
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