6 Ways to Fail as a Business Manager
You have worked hard during your career, proving yourself to the powers-to-be again and again. Now your hard work has paid off with a promotion to manager. You look forward to taking on your new position.
Once you start working as a manager you will find things are harder than when you were just an employee. Customer issues, employee disagreements and schedule problems are just eh tip of the iceberg. It is enough to make you want to hide.
You have worked hard to get here. Making sure you handle your new position after achieving it is the one thing you do have control over. So what are some of the things you should avoid doing now that you are the boss?
1. Setting a bad example
Not following company regulations, being rude to employees or customers speaks volumes about what kind of manager you are. Behave how you want your employees to act and you can't go wrong.
2. Lack of planning
Being an effective manager means being able to schedule department work so everything gets done. If you cannot keep it together, why would your employees even try?
3. Make and break promises
Your word is your bond. Those five little words should be your workplace motto. It will tell more about what kind of person you are than anything else you do. Keeping your promises whenever humanly possible will mean as much to your employees as perks you can give them. Maybe even more.
4. Being a know-it-all
No one knows everything, even after extensive training and education. Tapping other team member's knowledge and experience helps your division learn to work together. And gives your employees a chance to show you what they can do.
5. Over reacting
Things will not always flow smoothly. Part shortages, communication problems and employee errors are part of corporate life. Losing your temper with, belittling or insulting an employee is never the right thing to do. The only way to get respect from your team is to show them respect.
6. Take all of the credit
Of all the bad managing skills you can have, being a "glory hound" is probably the worst. No one wants to work hard every day and never get any credit and few will continue to work for a manager who takes their glory.
Becoming a manager is a big step in any career. It is proof you have shown the skills and temperament to handle such responsibility. Now, it is time to show them you can be as good of a boss as you were an employee.
Once you start working as a manager you will find things are harder than when you were just an employee. Customer issues, employee disagreements and schedule problems are just eh tip of the iceberg. It is enough to make you want to hide.
You have worked hard to get here. Making sure you handle your new position after achieving it is the one thing you do have control over. So what are some of the things you should avoid doing now that you are the boss?
1. Setting a bad example
Not following company regulations, being rude to employees or customers speaks volumes about what kind of manager you are. Behave how you want your employees to act and you can't go wrong.
2. Lack of planning
Being an effective manager means being able to schedule department work so everything gets done. If you cannot keep it together, why would your employees even try?
3. Make and break promises
Your word is your bond. Those five little words should be your workplace motto. It will tell more about what kind of person you are than anything else you do. Keeping your promises whenever humanly possible will mean as much to your employees as perks you can give them. Maybe even more.
4. Being a know-it-all
No one knows everything, even after extensive training and education. Tapping other team member's knowledge and experience helps your division learn to work together. And gives your employees a chance to show you what they can do.
5. Over reacting
Things will not always flow smoothly. Part shortages, communication problems and employee errors are part of corporate life. Losing your temper with, belittling or insulting an employee is never the right thing to do. The only way to get respect from your team is to show them respect.
6. Take all of the credit
Of all the bad managing skills you can have, being a "glory hound" is probably the worst. No one wants to work hard every day and never get any credit and few will continue to work for a manager who takes their glory.
Becoming a manager is a big step in any career. It is proof you have shown the skills and temperament to handle such responsibility. Now, it is time to show them you can be as good of a boss as you were an employee.
