How To Become a Good Manager and Leader
Knowing how to be a good manager is a combination of effort, motivation, understanding your team’s role as your employees, and of course, a little bit practice.
Traditionally, the term “management” refers to the activities involved in the four general functions: planning, organizing, leading and coordinating of resources. There are a large variety of views about the management: 1. Planning, identifying goals, objectives, methods, responsibilities and deadlines for tasks.
2. Organizing resources to achieve the goals in an optimum fashion
3. Leading, including to set direction for the organization, individuals and groups and also influence the people to follow that direction.
4. Coordinating, controlling, including the organization’s systems, processes and structures to reach effectively and efficiently reach goals and objectives.
Another view is that “management” is getting things done through others. To most employees, the term “management” probably means the group of people who are primarily responsible for making decisions in the organization.
So what things are important and which qualities are vital for a good manager and leader? Let’s see together!
1. Establish a strong relationship to your team – One of the most popular mistakes, they fail to develop a good working relationship with their team members. Before you start establishing changes, get to know and understand your people. It could be not only related to their professional but their personal lives as well.
2. Recognize a good job done – If you wish to build a culture that is dynamic, it is important that the employees are given their due. Recognition of work done or good efforts undertakes fosters a sense of positivity, togetherness and gratitude amongst the employees
3. Develop the sense of trust – If people trust you, they will tend to follow you more. When the employees follow you, the manager has his job done. Best managers and leaders do not abuse their power, rather they build trust by using their powers. Trust and respect is based on the expectations of the leader who is compassionate towards his team members.
A person as a leader or a manager is expected to take some risks and responsibilities and also to make decisions.
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