Tips for the New Manager
Having watched many new managers over the years and trained quite a few, I know that the new manager's role is challenging. Suddenly, you have moved from being a technical or professional expert where you knew most of the answers and how to really problem-solve, to being an "expert" people manager. If you are a new manager, it may also be useful for you .
1. Monitor your work hours.
Research suggests that for two thirds of the population, the morning is their most creative time. If you are amongst this group, then wasting good creative time on a mundane task such as emails, means you will be less effective over the long term.
2. Recognise and manager your signs of stress.
Each of us has different reactions to stress. Unfortunately, when we are stressed, we often don't realize it until it becomes too late and we get ill or it severely affects our performance.
3. Learn to delegate.
Failure to delegate is the most common failing of new managers. For managers, there are two key aspects to successful delegation: • Having people to whom one can delegate, and • Selecting the most appropriate tasks to delegate
4. Communicate, communicate, communicate!
5. Give praise and recognition regularly. Look for the things people are doing well and praise them.
6. Focus on what is important, not what is urgent.
7. Ensure you have a balance between intellectual, physical and emotional activities.
What does this mean for the new manager? Implementing action in relation to the previous six steps is a good start. In addition, I would suggest:
• Intellectual. Regularly undertake a mind activity such as reading a good book, seeing a movie, learning a new language or starting a creative hobby such as painting.
• Physical: Ensure that you have an exercise regime that keeps you physically fit. This doesn't have to be strenuous, but it does have to challenge you. Also watch your diet.
• Emotional: Take care to interact regularly with the special people in your life – make time for them. Also think about building new relationships with people outside of work.
Read Also:
* Successful Self Management
* Organizing Your Work FLow
Friday, August 7, 2009
Organizing Work Flow
Organizing Your Work Flow
God self management goes beyond filling your day with busy work that doesn't support your bigger goals. The same rule applies for both personal and professional goals--whether they be short or long term.
Here are a few pointers to get you started on your self-management journey:
1. Identify a few immediate goals [For example, to add on 3 new clients, write a sales-letter, submit proposal, clean out the attic, etc.]
2. Create a list of your current projects - This should be a list of whatever you've got going on-- including: personal projects, marketing campaigns, speaking engagements, product development projects, web work, client work, church work, etc.
3. Prioritize your projects - Prioritize your goals/projects by due dates and cash flow priorities.
4. Create healthy boundaries - You cannot allow other people's emergencies to ALWAYS become an emergency for you. Allowing too many distractions is the biggest time thief around. You've got to find ways to create healthy boundaries for healthy success.
5. Know your most productive times - We all have our own built in time clock. Figure out your best thinking time, writing time, exercise time or whatever time and create your schedule with this in mind.
Each night or at the end of your work day, you should create a to-do list for the next day. This really works well for me because when I approach my desk, I love having a sense of knowing where to start. It keeps me from wandering around feeling like there's nothing to do. I even work better when I schedule my household responsibilities.
Read Also:
* Successful Self Management
God self management goes beyond filling your day with busy work that doesn't support your bigger goals. The same rule applies for both personal and professional goals--whether they be short or long term.
Here are a few pointers to get you started on your self-management journey:
1. Identify a few immediate goals [For example, to add on 3 new clients, write a sales-letter, submit proposal, clean out the attic, etc.]
2. Create a list of your current projects - This should be a list of whatever you've got going on-- including: personal projects, marketing campaigns, speaking engagements, product development projects, web work, client work, church work, etc.
3. Prioritize your projects - Prioritize your goals/projects by due dates and cash flow priorities.
4. Create healthy boundaries - You cannot allow other people's emergencies to ALWAYS become an emergency for you. Allowing too many distractions is the biggest time thief around. You've got to find ways to create healthy boundaries for healthy success.
5. Know your most productive times - We all have our own built in time clock. Figure out your best thinking time, writing time, exercise time or whatever time and create your schedule with this in mind.
Each night or at the end of your work day, you should create a to-do list for the next day. This really works well for me because when I approach my desk, I love having a sense of knowing where to start. It keeps me from wandering around feeling like there's nothing to do. I even work better when I schedule my household responsibilities.
Read Also:
* Successful Self Management
Successful Self Management
Successful Self Management
This life is not a rehearsal for anything else. Time is passing quickly, and all of your decisions and indecisions, your actions and inactions, to this point have added up to create the life you’re living at this very moment. You’ll have to take complete charge of yourself and your life. Self-management is really personal management, time management, and life management all rolled into one.
Most people make themselves into a commodity. They will define themselves in terms of their work or what they spend most of their time doing. You’ve undergone a wide variety of experiences, both positive and negative. You’ve had a remarkable education; you’ve had a formal education, and you’ve learned from the various jobs and activities you’ve engaged in. You have the skills that you’ve acquired through hard work, discipline, and practice.
This attitude or myth that most people have been brought up to accept is a major cause of unhappiness and underachievement in life.
What have I most enjoyed in my work and activities in the past?”
To manage yourself better, look at your major interests in life. An important key to self-management is strategic thinking. Self-management means getting things done through yourself. You need to organize, manage, and motivate yourself as if you were your own employee.
Productivity improvement is an essential part of self-management. Your most valuable asset is your ability to earn money. Perhaps the most important part of self-management is personal profitability. It means that you live within your means and save and invest part of everything you earn. Innovation is another important part of self-management. You are born with enormous reserves of creativity that enable you to improve every part of your life. Constantly look for faster, better, and easier ways to achieve your tasks and goals. Read, research and ask questions.
You can achieve any goal, you can overcome any difficulty, and solve any problem on the path to your goal, as long as the goal is clear. Self-management techniques can make you rich, happy, healthy, and fulfilled beyond your wildest imagination.
This life is not a rehearsal for anything else. Time is passing quickly, and all of your decisions and indecisions, your actions and inactions, to this point have added up to create the life you’re living at this very moment. You’ll have to take complete charge of yourself and your life. Self-management is really personal management, time management, and life management all rolled into one.
Most people make themselves into a commodity. They will define themselves in terms of their work or what they spend most of their time doing. You’ve undergone a wide variety of experiences, both positive and negative. You’ve had a remarkable education; you’ve had a formal education, and you’ve learned from the various jobs and activities you’ve engaged in. You have the skills that you’ve acquired through hard work, discipline, and practice.
This attitude or myth that most people have been brought up to accept is a major cause of unhappiness and underachievement in life.
What have I most enjoyed in my work and activities in the past?”
To manage yourself better, look at your major interests in life. An important key to self-management is strategic thinking. Self-management means getting things done through yourself. You need to organize, manage, and motivate yourself as if you were your own employee.
Productivity improvement is an essential part of self-management. Your most valuable asset is your ability to earn money. Perhaps the most important part of self-management is personal profitability. It means that you live within your means and save and invest part of everything you earn. Innovation is another important part of self-management. You are born with enormous reserves of creativity that enable you to improve every part of your life. Constantly look for faster, better, and easier ways to achieve your tasks and goals. Read, research and ask questions.
You can achieve any goal, you can overcome any difficulty, and solve any problem on the path to your goal, as long as the goal is clear. Self-management techniques can make you rich, happy, healthy, and fulfilled beyond your wildest imagination.
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