Strengths & Weaknesses | Managing Employees

Employees Not Performing? Who is Reponsible?

If employees are not performing, it’s up to the manager to change it. Yes employees are responsible for producing quality work, yet if they are not, then you as the manager need to find out why. The bottom line is that you are responsible for employee’s performance.

Managing employees could be the hardest part of your responsibilities as a manager. If you are not producing results with your team, start at the beginning and identify what team members are not performing to their best. Then you need to ask yourself, have you given them clear direction and follow up to insure they understood the goal and what is expected of them. Are your coaching them as they take on new responsibilities.

Managing Gen X Employees

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The Generation X (between 1965-1980 approximately) is a small, though powerful group of employees. They are highly educated and what motivates them is different than previous generations. Managers can find this generation of employees difficult to handle because their needs and demands are different than traditional workplace employment.

“Gen X” employees were raised by career-minded parents (Baby Boomers) and are not necessarily impress with authority. This group of employees are not loyal to the employer unless they sense that the employer is there for them, respects their needs and creates an environment for them to grow their careers.

Common Manager Mistakes

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Managers make mistakes…everyone of us. We have our areas of strengths and then our weaknesses come to haunt us when we least expect it. Managers usually don’t receive training when they take over the responsibility of managing people. So what can you do as a manager to maximize your management skills?

“Top 10 Mistakes Managers Make Managing People,” by Susan M. Heathfield on About.com. The article does highlight the main areas where managers tend to struggle in.

Do Your Employees Know How To Think?

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When you manage your employees, do you help them think? Or do you jump in and tell them what to do? Helping employees think is a great gift you give them and the business. That’s where coaching skills are important as you guide your team members to greater performance. Review the following article:

“Managing People: Cracking the Iceberg” by B. Stoltz, Ariad Partners

Leadership experts suggest that all human behaviors can be compared to an iceberg: most of what drives us is hidden from view. For managing people we need to crack the iceberg to find the real agendas of our people.

Managing By Employee Strengths

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You know that your employees are critical to your ability to produce results in the business. Yet, do you know what your employees can or want to do? Human capital is the knowledge, skills and abilities of each employee. It’s time to step back and learn what each employee can bring to the table.

Most managers find it easier to focus on managing the business and feel less confident around managing employees. Yet in order to handle your business you need to maximize the strengths that each employee can offer you in reaching your goals.

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