It is so rightly said that, “Great people don’t
do different things, and they just do things differently”. Great managers are a
very important part to the growth and evolution of an organisation. Good
managers can take the best out of each and every employee. There is no
happiness more than having a great boss. Employees who are productive and
generally happier workers are well managed by their supervisors. There is no
secret to happy employees; it’s all about how you manage them. Below mentioned
are the actions and traits that set great managers apart from all the
others:
Setting clear Expectations: Setting
expectations of the people whom you work with is really important. People
should clearly know what you expect from them. Upon both ways, if this is not
clearly defined and agreed, there will be lots of confusion amongst the
teammates, when the deadline comes and you’ll find unhappy faces and blame
games all over the place. People are more productive when they have clear goals
and objectives to work towards, and it is all up to the manager to grow his
people by being transparent and keeping a regular communication with all.
Know Your People: This is the biggest
secret I give you to have a happy people team. Know your people, know their
strengths and weeknesses, know what inspires them, know what motivates them,
know what their goals in life are, and know what their family requirements are.
If you know all the details of your people you work with, you will make a
manager with whom everyone likes to work with.
Praise & Recognize: Managers
who are reluctant to appreciate their subordinates will never make a happy team
ever. Every human being likes to be appreciated in whatever they do. If
somebody does a good job we should appreciate and praise them immediately. This
definite motivates the person to do better, the next time when they are assigned
any task. Great managers never delay in appreciating their people.
Show your Care: When you are
managing people, you need to take care of them the way you take care of your
own family. You have to really, care for them. People might be having a bad day
or feeling morally down, a few words of encouragement can really pick them up.
If they find you taking care of their needs and their expectations, they will
also take care of you in return.
Standing by your Team: Great managers
earn the trust of their people, and will ultimately take responsibility for
their own mistakes or errors that are the result of poor management and
guidance.
Hence, the great management is not only
shown in employee performance but also a happy work environment. Employees that
are well managed are more motivated and committed towards their work and there
is often an increased rate of staff retention. To conclude with we can say that
strength focus is something that delivers big rewards to managers. It doesn’t
require taking any approvals or getting and budgets executed to manage your
people well. Managers should only be willing to start looking for the best in
their employees and what brings out the maximum out of them. You just have to
be human to manage another human.