Are you really in charge now? One’s integrity proves a
good vision and strategy with the ability of good execution skillfully. Below
are the Tips for First Time Managers:
1. There is so much
you don’t know.
Be patient, do not feel tempted to overhaul in one night. Rather
than risk moving so fast too soon:
- Be Observant.
- Listen.
- Keep learning.
- Make logs of things that you
think need to be fixed.
- Make it clean and sharp.
- Know what’s critical.
- Know what clutter is.
- Lean on those with
institutional knowledge and memory.
In short, be humble and grow into the job.
Take small steps one at a time so your employees have some continuity and trust
will be earned in a slow phased manner. As you mature in the business, one will
have time to leave positive footprints.
2. Give everyone a
clean slate.
Watch your team in action. This will tell you
who speaks the truth, who really help, or those who are disappointing. Respect
those who are seniors in the group, one will get an immediate support, if
needed.
3. Establish Time
Lines and benchmarks.
Capitalize on their attention. Be a
model. Identify what needs to be done short-term and long-term. Help the
team to understand their importance in every aspect of their job, and how it
will affect in their careers. Let them picture themselves how great their
accomplishments are in the business.
4. Determine a Bad
Apple. Times have changed.
Remove obstacles or excuses in delivering the job.
Identify immediately what is holding back with the team. Failure to delivery on
time should have to be identified what causing it. Take a dramatic action
to send the message that times have changed.
5. Work is doomed to
failure if no plan behind it.
Gradually losing sight of your project and
team’s potential and value if one is without a plan and no dedication to
executing it.
6. Recognize each
person’s potential. Develop Each Person (Including Yourself)
Provide new trainings that will make them look
forward every day. Check in regularly on team’s performance.
7. Recognize Your
Limitations
It takes time to make things happen, and there
will be mistakes along the way. Be patient and take heart with any victories
you achieve. Good intentions will drive good results. Bad attitude
will return a white squall of unexpected turbulence in your career.
8. Cultivate a Mentor
Find someone who have been through all the
managerial work and successfully live all those stumbles. Remember, one
bad manager poison relationships, siphon energy, and can stifle creativity. And
one day you ask yourself if you’re causing more harm than good. When this
happens, reach out to someone who’s already gone through that. Find a mentor
who can pick you back up and put your challenges in perspective. Stay in touch
regularly and take his or her advice, however critical, to heart eventually
will champions your cause.
9. A manager is also
an ambassador.
To forge a long-term partnership, it only takes one opportunity,
and a mutual awareness of your unexpected synergies. Be true and real. It
builds strong bridge to what you need to accomplish. Invests in building
relations with the others:
Take an inventory of how your department
whether your operation is viewed positively and negatively. Identify areas
where you could improve your performance or potentially team up with someone to
help. Keep your capabilities on their radar, communicate regularly.
10. Project leadership
via training, acknowledgment, project updates, and provide inspirational success
stories.
You want to expand their world, aside from our
world, not narrow it, to enhance the whole team’s value to the organization.
Visit IAM Group Limited Website for more
Inspirational Write-Up for existing and future managers. IAM Group
Ltd is a group of managers
worldwide that share their experiences to serve as inspiration for the
aspiring managers and middle-management individual. IAM Group Limited is from Yokohama, Japan; Bangkok, Thailand;
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Singapore ; and more.
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