Why Managing Others Is Not Easy

‘Management is not your passion; your real job is.’

‘Managing is the high-wire act of balancing useful guidance and getting out of the way.’

‘Management is about communication, rapport, morale, and productivity.’

‘Thinkers lead with their heads; feelers lead with their hearts.’

‘It is important to care about your staff, to show them you really like them as possible. You’ll also feel better about yourself by demonstrating your warmth toward others.’

‘The only way you can aspire to managerial greatness is by channeling yourself.’

Your sole areas of direct responsibility are your thoughts, your words, and your actions.’

‘Nearly always, when we attribute a belief or opinion to someone else it means we have it ourselves.’

‘People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.’

Lead with questions. And listen to the person giving the answers. You’ve always lost if you think you know the answers.’

There’s always another choice.’

Source:

Devora Zack (2012). Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success By Being Yourself

RecruitTheBest Daily Digest- ‘Entrepreneurial Leadership’ In Action

Realise you will need different operating systems for different tasks as you move from manager to leader. Be flexible and patient with yourself as you try on different lenses.’

Don’t let your brand limit you to the familiar. Understand your meta brand and its possibilities.’

Every entrepreneurial leader needs a plan to help him or her escape the strong gravitational pull of work.’

Set boundaries on your work to make room for nonwork interests and communities.’

Work hard to articulate a clear purpose, a desired end result, what winning looks like.’

Break down your mission into a limited number of goals that can be measured by meaningful, qualified, and time-bound deliverables.’

Ensure your goals align with your values and with the actions necessary to achieve them.’

Make sure everyone in your organization can recite its top three goals.’

Correct misalignments unless they are over values. When values aren’t aligned, someone must leave the organization.’

Invest in culture by rewarding those who behave consistently with it and coaching or removing those who violate it.’

‘Teams succeed and fail together.’

Trust is enhanced by delivering on promises.’

Source:

Joel Peterson (2020). Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff