Monday, October 6, 2008

Tips to Effective Management - Tip Eleven

Take control of your time

By being present, striving for awareness of yourself as a manager, your environment and your staff, you will succeed in being a successful manager and leader.
There are several leadership styles and understanding which is yours will help you understand whether you have the checks in balances in place to have a motivated team. Know thyself as the saying goes. Are you a dominate and control person, a leader who has vision and co-ops their team? Are you detailed? Are you cautious? There is no right or wrong, however, there are prevalent traits in every successful leader and it is the ability to bring people together to accomplish any task. This is done by: ·
  • Involving employees in decision making
  • Encouraging two-way communication
  • Sharing power (knowing your voice is not the only one in the room)
  • Being flexible
  • Valuing their expertise
  • Providing community
  • Above all - learn to delegate both task and responsibility

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