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What If You Don’t Like to Manage Employees?

Managing employees can definitely be challenging…though also rewarding if you enjoy interacting and guiding the performance and growth of another person.

What if you are one of those managers that never enjoyed managing employees and would rather not have to do it? What can you do?

There are many aspects in managing employees…coaching, counseling, setting standards and expectations, performance reviews, disciplining, hiring, etc. When it comes to managing employees, what aspect of management do you enjoy? In my post “Can I Do What I Do Best…Every Day?” I speak about working with your strengths as a manager.

Do you dislike managing employees because you don’t know how to manage employees? When we feel unsure of ourselves, our first reaction is to retreat or create a story that states “I just don’t like to manage employees.” When in fact you are not sure if that is the case because you are lacking knowledge. What you need to do is analyze what is making you uncomfortable in interacting and managing your team members.

Take some time to write what is bothering you about your employees.

What makes you uncomfortable?

Do You Have a Development Plan?

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Do you have ‘development plan’ in place mapping out where you want to go professionally and what you need to learn in order to move forward in that direction? In today’s business environment, you need to manage your own learning. When you are managing employees, you think about their development within the organization. What about yours?

Managers generally don’t think in terms of a ‘development plan’ for themselves If you one of the few that do, you know that you have to map out career development strategies and increase your knowledge and skills in order to meet your goals.

Are You a “Burned Out” Manager?

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Responsibility for both the department’s deliverables and managing employees can be challenging for any manager. Since you need to guide your team’s well-being, make sure you are taking care of yourself. Managers don’t always want to acknowledge their own burnout feelings, yet all employees, no matter what role they play in the company, are potential candidates for “burnout.”

What is Burnout?

Merriam-Webster definition: exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration.

Symptoms of “Burnout”

You’ve lost interest in your job
Can’t concentrate which means you are not producing

Help….I’m a New Manager!

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Congratulations on your new role. It will be an interesting and rewarding journey in your career…though to be successful in your new role, you will need to be willing to learn.

It’s normal when you step into a new role to focus on proving yourself. Your the expert in your specific business area and you may focus your time only on the business. Step out of that role and into the role of the manager as this will take a lot of your time from now on.

High Maintenance Employees

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Have you a “high maintenance” employee….one who demands a lot of your time? Every manager usually bumps into this type of employee.

The first basic question to ask as you evaluate this person…..are they a high or a low performer? You may react differently given their performance levels. High performers you may be afraid to lose. Don’t be afraid of losing an employee if their behavior is not acceptable for the well-being of your team.

If you jump in early with coaching, you will have a great chance of helping the employee change their behavior.

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