Chuck’s Tips on Management (So Far)

After six years in this job of managing a team, these are some things I aim to do (on a consistent basis) and to remember:

Personal

  • Be yourself
  • You lead by example, whether you try to or not
  • Fulfillment / gratification is different now than it was as a tech
  • Get training – it’s a different skill-set. Always add new tools to your tool belt
  • Take the long view
  • Say you’re sorry

Management

  • Management is different than being a supervisor
  • Invest in your team. Develop your leads as supervisors / future managers
  • Make it fun
  • Set clear expectations with your upstream manager
  • Try things. Make mistakes. Admit it
  • Over-communicate
  • Ask questions, ask questions and ask questions! (levels/layers of understanding)
  • When things go right, share the credit
  • When things go wrong, take responsibility

Leadership

  • Leadership is different than management
  • Be involved in the organization, and use your clout to help it move forward
  • Develop partnerships within organization and with business areas

Do you agree/disagree with any of these? Do you have others that you live by? Leave a comment. Thx.

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