Hello Comrades!
Young managers often make mistakes. Most of the faults are related to insecurity and fear of taking responsibility. Today I’ll tell you how to find your way in management and forget about failures.
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It sounds simple, but how to put it into practice? I recommend doing one simple exercise.
Take a piece of paper and write down all your hard and soft skills. Next, give them a score from 1 to 10.
Ask yourself what kind of boss you want to become and what you lack to do it. This should be reflected in the rating increase (for example, I want to set tasks at 9, not 7), as well as a decrease (for example, I want to reduce the alarm level from 9 to 4).
Create a specific plan with the implementation steps. Be sure to set deadlines to evaluate your progress.
Determine the strategy for starting in a new position
You can choose a strategy for entering a position based on two situations.
You have already worked for the company and received a promotion
In this case, 90% of managers don’t know how to behave with colleagues who have now moved to their subordination. How to manage partners competently? You shouldn’t separate from the team. Your task is to immediately build boundaries in order to maintain discipline, order and give any type of feedback.
Of course, your colleagues won’t be happy with the innovations and new rules. By the way, due to this category of employees gossip on big cheese appears. What is the best thing to do? Don't avoid the conversation, but get together with the team and dot the dots. Make it clear that you’re now engaged in other tasks, focused on control and efficiency.
Of course, you can remain friends, but this doesn’t change your attitude to the workflow.
You came to a leadership position from another company
Be ready for the hostility of the team. Each employee will promote its own line of relationship, which is quite normal. Don’t try to please everyone: some will remain silent, others will start looking for an approach to you, and someone will just stay away.
Another “nice” bonus: you’ll definitely encounter those who will openly criticize you and tell you that it was better before. You shouldn’t act too harshly and consider everyone around you below your level. Such a strategy will only bring enemies.
Which tactics is better to choose? Just take a break and observe everything from the sidelines. Communicate with those who want it. Conduct work meetings in a friendly manner without saying that you’re going to turn everything upside down in a short time. At the right moment, you’ll find partners who will support your ideas.
At the same time, open enemies won’t keep you waiting. However, don’t be surprised by such a situation. Sooner or later, negatively minded employees will either start playing by your rules or leave the project. Do non’t hold on to these people, because you will go further with a team of like-minded people.
Remember that voluntary dismissals of colleagues are not your responsibility.
The most common mistakes of novice managers
They don't know how to leave their professional skills behind and switch to management
I’m sure that each of you started somewhere and achieved certain success in your field. However, there’s no need to turn the marketer off from the process and show how to build a strategy. Shift the focus to managing, directing, and exploring risks.
They are afraid to delegate
Yes, you can do everything yourself. But what for? This way you’ll stay in micromanagement forever. To do the job, you have a team, each member of which does what they do best.
They tightly control employees and do not trust them
In such a situation, you need to work with the causes of stress and anxiety. Only deep work will allow you to get rid of the desire to control everything. First, relax and look at your teammates. They are independent professionals who solve daily tasks at a high level.
Finally, I’ll give you one important piece of advice. Learn the concept of “situational leadership". This strategy says that there is no single correct model for all cases. The optimal management style depends on the team, the project, the conditions and the potential risk.