How do you become a great manager? Solving problems, facilitating meetings, delivering presentations, and issuing directives are all useful skills to have, but they won’t make you great. Good morning 😊 Everyone Today, we'll be discovering the secret ingredients of making a Great Manager in farmer Vice President (Product Design) Julie Zhou's book📕The Making of a Manager.
Regardless of where you are in your career, you may remember the feeling of being at the top of your game in your field of expertise. However, leading others may be a new and unique experience that requires different skills than those you learned in school 🏫 🎒. Whether you are leading a small or large team, management is a complex task that requires a variety of skills.
Q. What is Management ❓(Chapter 1/10 slide)
Management is a deeply
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others. Regardless of hierarchy, unite teams towards shared objectives. Yet, the complexity of people makes team leadership challenging. Managers must forge cohesive teams, aid individual growth, and establish efficient workflows.
Q. What does a manager do❓
This is a really interesting question that I don’t think many of us would have a prepared answer for. Yes, it’s a job that changes daily, and you often find it hard to remember what you actually achieved by the end of the day, but the job is more than just a list of tasks.
Julie breaks down each of their definitions based on their years of experience. Before they started management, they thought a manager’s job was to:
1. Have meetings with reports to help them solve their problems
2. Share feedback about what is or isn’t going well
3. Figure out who should be promoted and who should be fired.
After three years on the job, they thought a manager’s job was to:
1. Build a team that works well together.
2. Support members in reaching their career goals.
3. Create processes to get work done smoothly and efficiently.
While a manager's daily tasks are important, their ultimate goal is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together. Just like a soccer player's job is to win games, not just attend practice and pass the ball.
✳ The Making of a Manager ✳ delineates a manager's role into 3️⃣ tasks:
🎯 Purpose: What drives the actions you are taking? What is the collective goal your team is striving for? What is the underlying significance? It is essential that everyone on the team has a shared understanding.
👨💻 👩💻 People : Are your team members poised for success? Do they boast the necessary skills? Are they fueled by the inspiration to deliver exceptional work?
📈 Process: How does your team work together? Who should do what by when? What principles should govern decision-making?
Lesson: When employees at all levels aren’t developing, neither are their organizations. Empower your people as great managers are made, not born.
