Learn to Manage

Managing is more than a deep expertise in the specific field but more in the sense of human psychology. Learning to manage is more by doing rather than by reading theoretical books because we are dealing with human beings who have emotion and needs. Managing without the human side of it will feel too cold and abrasive, hurting team members and treating members not more than a widget maker in an assembly line. How to manage in a simple way:

Steps

  1. Understand your team. You must understand the background and the expectation of each individual member within your team you are leading. For example: the family circumstance that may hinder them from working late at night or start too early in the morning, etc.
  2. Get a clear goal on the overall organization and communicate it towards your team.
  3. Break the final goal into several stepping stone that is easier to digest and to achieve within a period of time.
  4. Understand individual strength and weakness. Acknowledge when specific individual member has particular expertise in a task and assign the right task towards this person.
  5. Delegate appropriately and correctly to the right individual who has the tenacity, skills, ambition and knowledge.
  6. Reward achievements whether it is overall team success or an individual milestone.
  7. Be professional and respect everyone's boundaries between personal life and working life.



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