Just released... 365 tips for being a great manager every day. Looking for a great management book? 50 pages jam packed with 365 management tips! A great gift for that jerk of a boss or a great gift for a new manager that needs a jump start. Used for management training seminars nation-wide!
1. Great managers have their office doors open more often than closed. A Fortune 500 CEO once removed all his senior managers doors for one month to prove this point. Ask yourself, why am I closing my door?
2. Listen in an effort to better understand. All too often managers have some great advice and “tune out” the employee as they wait to pounce with advice. Begin better practices of listening to employees. But, when you engage in the great practice of listening, you need to do so in an effort to better understand. Do not listen to just listen. Listening without seeking to better understand is like listening to a beautiful song and not hearing the melody.
3. Communicate, communicate, communicate. Rarely are managers scolded because they communicate too often to their team.
4. Reward loyalty with as much as you can give. There is nothing, NOTHING more important than being loyal to your team and teaching them to be loyal as well.
5. Take the time to say good morning to each person who works under you, and mean it. As you move up the “ladder” the number of people becomes larger, but this task is more important than ever.
6. Quarterly reviews are an excellent way to let your team know what is going on with your company. Do this in person with the staff. Be honest and point out great wins, but not people in particular. If you do want to single someone out, be prepared to continue this practice with others and be sure you do or others will feel left out.
7. Be careful to not brainstorm in the midst of conversation with your team. Often, this brainstorming from you is heard as orders or directives to be accomplished. In addition, be careful with words like, “we are going to” and “we will create.”
8. Many managers suffer from SPIT (Smartest Person Is Talking) Syndrome. More often than not, the manager does all the talking. This is seen by others in many ways. Most often, it is interpreted that the manager thinks he is the smartest person in the room. Everyone hates the smartest person in the room. Work hard to guide conversations and not do all the talking.
9. Involve your team in the hiring process. Often, the manager will be the only person involved in the hiring of a new employee. The resentment will begin from day one toward the new employee as the rest of the team feels that this new person has been forced upon them or chosen by you. Establish a hiring system that involves the rest of the team and see a dramatic change in how the new hire is accepted into the group.
10. Giving compliments that are only intended to gain favor are quickly discovered and will come back to haunt you later.
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"One of the best management books I have ever read. Simple, straight forward and fun." -Bob Burns, Davenport, IA.
"I give this book to each new manager on my team. Great for management training." - Jason Brittle, Culver City, CA
"Since reading this book I have seen a dramatic change in the way my teams responds to me. I was a real jerk and did not even know it." - Robert Young, New Orleans, LA
."I was given this book as a gift. I was blown away by how I missed the smallest things My employees were right. I was a jerk and real b*&%h too. This book changed me" Betty Graven, Jersey City, NJ"
This book really made a big difference in my team" Jan Culler, Nashville, TN
"Wow, I was a real jerk. I admit it. But, I did not know how to change. This book helped me in the simplest ways. Thanks Ryan." Trevor Bradley, Aniston, AL
"Jerk, b*^&h, you name it, they thought it. My team hated me. I was a real mess. I truly felt like I was on a downhill run to failure. This book helped me to re-focus and re-think about how I treated others." Robin Johansson, Madison, WI
"This book is what we use as our new mangers training guide. It is simple and effective." Terry Glenn, Traverse City, MI
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