Month: June 2026

10 ‘Practical Lessons For New Managers’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘To be a great boss, you have to set clear, well-defined, and explicit expectations for your team members.’

‘Set clear expectations for your people. And when you think your expectations are clear enough, go back and make them even clearer.’

‘To be a great manager, not only do you have to be great at giving effective feedback, but also you have to be great at receiving effective feedback from your team.’

‘To be a great manager, make sure your team feels comfortable speaking up and speaking out.’

‘You cannot create a one-size-fits-all development plan for all individuals on your team.’

‘To be a great manager, don’t be afraid to use performance improvement plans to clearly articulate how team members can get better.‘

‘To motivate your team, understand what uniquely drives each of your employees.’

‘A great team needs a strong foundation built early in the team’s life.’

‘To be a great manager, help your team members develop goals that motivate and understand when goals just don’t matter.’

‘Build into your management practice questions that ask how your team members are truly feeling. And be truly interested in a response often than ‘fine.’

‘The first rule of good communicating is simply to make sure you are actually communicating. And the second rule is to overcommunicate. Repeat the point you want to get across. Then repeat it again. And repeat it one more time.’

‘Hiring the right people makes life wonderful- full of rainbows and butterflies and unicorns. Hiring the wrong people makes life a nightmare.’

Source

Rachel Pacheco (2021). Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers

‘Work Together Anywhere’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘For a remote team to succeed, its manager must both believe that remote teams can succeed and trust that each member will come through as expected.’

‘Give remote workers the opportunity to earn your trust by demonstrating their reliability.’

‘There is no single formula for successful remote working. Each person, each company, will need to experiment to find what proves to be most productive.’

‘Offering the remote option allows employers to retain and attract the talent they need to remain competitive; this benefit can be essential when a project calls for specific expertise.’

‘Embracing the remote option calls for shifting from a mind set of hours-oriented working to results-oriented or ROWE.’

‘Remember that ideal hires are often proactive communicators who are sufficiently tech-savvy and passionate about the work.’

‘Ensure quick and easy access to the tools and information needed to do one’s job efficiently.’

‘Arrange for teams to meet in person regularly– ideally quarterly or more than often.’

‘Maintain an open line of communication with each team member. Check in often to ensure everyone has what he or she needs.’

‘Explore various ways to regularly express thanks for each individual’s contribution. Praise effort rather than ability.’

Source

Lisette Sutherland and K. Janene-Nelson (2020). Work Together Anywhere: A Handbook on Working Remotely-Successfully- for Individuals, Teams and Managers