Do your future career plans include moving into management?
If your answer is YES, you want to become a successful manager, you will need to develop your skills as a manager with traits and skills that will make you a “good” one.
However, do you know what traits and skills make up the profile of a “good” manager? Not everyone is equipped with the necessary attitude or skills. Training is imperative for all of us who aspire to assume a leadership role in your company.
Author David Shubert goes into great detail about the qualities you’ll need to land your dream job in management. He studies with the best, listens and learns, spends quality time each day with exceptional leadership to absorb best practices as a Manager.
Here are some of the skills you’ll want to develop:
- Charisma
- action mindset
- Recognize the contributions of your people
- Clear understanding of the company’s mission.
- strategic thinking
- Integrity
- Fight for your people
- Helps build the positive culture of the organization.
- Makes significant contributions to improve the organization.
Obviously, there are many more skills that you will develop and use as a business manager once you take on the responsibility. Books to read, tapes to listen to are everywhere. It’s up to you to expand your knowledge by learning the characteristics of success from other Managers.
In my early years as a business owner it was not easy. So much to do, so many hats to wear, decisions, decisions, decisions was a constant voice in my head. As a manager or owner of a business, you will face the same challenges.
Never discount the value of the ideas of other members of your team. Every employee working under his leadership has their own ideas about how their work should be done faster, better, and more efficiently.
During my business career it was SOP [Standard Operating Procedure] ask each employee on our staff to share 2 ideas each week on how to change, fix, move, adjust or replace something about their job, management, systems, etc. The value of those weekly benefits to our company was absolutely amazing.
Yes, set up a reward system, share in the monetary benefit for the good ideas that some of your best employees will give you each week. You’ll soon discover the team players, the thinkers who willingly share their expertise at little cost to you or the company.
Remember, your managerial position is earned, not a right. The more you learn and invest in the position, the more job security you will enjoy. Instead of your salary and benefits being a liability on the balance sheet, it will be an asset to be valued.
The boss, your Supervisor, is interested in your success. She will realize the value you bring to the company, to your division, to your team. Everything, each person, is valued as ROI [return ON investment] that justifies our final value for the company. Earnings are a necessity for survival in every business and our future depends on it, regardless of position.