Management Training Skills
Good managers are good delegators: the more they give away, the more they develop other people’s skills and stretch their capacity.
Good Management Training Leads to a Great Management Team
There you are, you’ve aspired to be a manager, you got the promotion…..and then what?
Now some people seem to be born with a gift for management, but certainly not most.
Learning on the Job
Most people flounder around, learn on the job, make humiliating mistakes, get a lot really wrong, and get a bunch really right.
If it goes well, they climb the managerial ladder without too many scorched earth or burnt bridges.
If it doesn’t go well they fall off the ladder or spend a career being mediocre or waiting to be found out.
Building a Good Management Team
Then there are those who approach management in the old-fashioned way. They scare people, yell at them, and blow off their frustrations on team members. And they blame others for their mistakes and play politics for all it’s worth.
For those of you who haven’t been born with ready-made management skills, they do have to be developed, just like any other skill.
Yet for some bizarre reason, line management skills seem to be one of those things that companies often think can be learned on the job.
Well, some skills can be. But as far as we’re concerned, it’s hard enough having to do the job, let alone learn new skills at the same time.
Management Training
The ROI for Management Training is huge.
Take a moment to think of things from the ‘being managed’ point of view. Isn’t it fabulous when you have a manager who seems to have a collection of really great management qualities?
They listen and hear what you have to say, they encourage you to fulfill the best of yourself. They’re aware of who does what well and facilitate them doing it better, they’re generous with information and communicate easily.
Good Managers
Good managers are good delegators. The more they give away, the more they develop other people’s skills and stretch their capacity.
The more they give away, the more their own time is freed up to do the next level of creative thinking.
It’s a pleasure being managed by someone who is genuine, fun, sensitive, and seems to be able to juggle and plate spin with some degree of ease.
Managing Others
And maybe that’s the key – they’re at ease with themselves, and so can manage others with trust.
Ah, the T word. Trust. When you’re managed by someone who creates a trusting environment it feels safe.
You can feel comfortable being yourself. And as far as we’re concerned, the more you are able to be yourself, generally, the better you will be at what you do.
Trust and Confidence
It’s easier to admit mistakes when you know your head isn’t going to be taken off. And your confidence grows when a manager has faith in you.
So now go back to putting on the management hat and see if sits differently now that you’ve looked at it from the being managed point of view.
Is there anything you’d do differently?
Are you managing others the way you’d like to be managed?
If not, what’s missing?
What benefits of management training do you need to develop?
And most importantly, what support do you need to make that possible?
You don’t have to become a different person when you become a manager. But you do need some form of management training to help you to behave and feel as though you belong there.
Building a Good Management Team
Impact Factory runs
Tailored Line Management Training
and personalised
for anyone interested in
Training in Management
