From the course: Management Essentials
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Becoming a new manager successfully
From the course: Management Essentials
Becoming a new manager successfully
- "Management is a certain kind of black art as there are "no hard and fast rules, but of course, "there are better and worse managers. "A better manager gets better results." Becoming a new manager means moving away from getting results as an individual contributor to getting results through other people. Let's look at five strategies to help you succeed as a new manager. First, clarify your core management philosophy. Ask yourself, "What is your number one job "in 10 words or less?" For example, Richard Sheridan CEO at Menlo Innovations, says his number on job is to reduce fear. In our recent interview, he explained that all of his actions flow from his core belief that if you reduce fear, people will thrive. Second, adopt a managerial persona. Conventional wisdom often tell us, be ourselves and we will succeed. Actually disagree. Instead, be your best professional self to achieve success as a new manager. Adopting a new managerial persona means learning new skills or even dressing…
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