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Success Tips For New Managers
By Dennis Sommer (www.dennissommer.com)
Whether you have just been promoted to manager or are
joining a new department, you need to be able to adapt
smoothly to your new position. We have developed a list
of proven tips and strategies to make it through the transition
successfully.
1. Meet with your new boss as early as possible to clarify
your responsibilities and authority.
2. Find out who’s in charge. You may report to more
than one person now. Or the structure of authority may
be more complicated at the new level. Make sure you are
trying to satisfy the right people.
3. Find out your boss’s priorities and if there
are any projects that need to be completed within a specific
timeframe.
4. Take some time to meet individually with each team
member. Takes notes on their opinions, gripes, and feelings
about the company.
5. Analyze your notes, then meet again with your boss
to discuss what you have learned. Go over your plans and
look for ways to help subordinates work more efficiently.
6. Ask your team for their support.
7. Be careful when making changes. Do not rearrange the
department or change any procedures too quickly. Talk
to your new staff to find out if the changes will really
make things work better. Avoid changing things for the
sake of change.
8. Start a file on each employee. Include such personal
information as spouse’s and children’s names,
outside interests, and other personal facts. If you show
a personal interest in your staff, you will develop a
better working relationship.
9. Hold a short meeting with your team every month. Let
them know how they are doing as a department and give
them a chance to ask questions or share opinions. Open
communication will help everyone do a better job.
10. Praise your staff. When they do something right, let
them know. Do not praise mediocre work.
11. Accept responsibility for the team. Do not blame failures
and mistakes on staff members or previous administrators.
As manager, your responsibility is to head problems off
before they occur, or solve them when they happen, not
to come up with excuses.
12. Concentrate on results. A subordinate may do the job
differently than you expect. If that produces the results
you are after, do not try to force a team member to do
things your way.
13. Put your staff’s needs ahead of your own. Find
out what your staff members need to do their jobs. Make
a point of getting out of your office and talk with your
staff to find out what is really going on in your department.
14. Try being respected by your staff rather than being
liked.
15. Ask staff members for advise. Get them involved in
departmental improvements.
16. Do not make people guess what you want. Let them know
what you expect. Let them know how you do business, set
your priorities, and communicate with people.
17. Review job responsibilities. Find out who does what,
and where positions need to be filled. If job descriptions
are old or nonexistent, have all team members list their
most important tasks.
18. Present your priorities. Assigning important duties
to team members demonstrates that you trust them and makes
them feel like a part of the team.
19. Seek and demonstrate candor and openness. If team
members do not critique each other and you, openly and
honestly, the team will suffer from the lack of fresh
ideas and firm action.
20. Evaluate your staff regularly. A formal evaluation
gives you both the opportunity to communicate with each
other about perceptions, performance and results. Evaluating
your staff on a regular basis gives you the chance to
correct problems before they become unmanageable, and
offer advice and encouragement on handling situations
before they become problems.
About The Author
- Dennis Sommer
 Dennis
Sommer is the founder and CEO of Executive Business Advisers,
a management consulting firm helping senior executives
maximize both sales and profit growth. Dennis specializes
in strategic planning, sales, marketing and operations
performance improvement.
Dennis is a highly
sought after author, keynote and seminar speaker on
sales, leadership and business best practices.
Contact Dennis at www.executivebusinessadvisers.com
or www.dennissommer.com
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