How to Be an Impactful Manager
Effective managers create impact. They motivate their teams to achieve strategic goals in a timely manner. Becoming a more-effective manager typically involves improving your communication skills, building productive teams and fostering collaboration in a competitive, global marketplace. Managers who positively impact others enable diverse groups of people to work together with trust and respect. To make a difference in a subordinate’s career, managers need to develop skills in coaching, mentoring and guiding.
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Define job tasks clearly. Establish comprehensive policies and procedures to govern operations at your company. Create job descriptions for every role or function at your company. Make everyone in the workforce feel valued, no matter what their level. Communicate your company’s strategic goals and provide opportunities for your employees to ask questions and provide input. Employees who feel empowered tend to remain loyal and committed to the company. Effective managers recognize their role in linking employee jobs to the overall company’s mission and objectives.
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Treat people fairly and consistently. Adhere to local, state and federal regulations for recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training and retaining employees. Openly communicate with your workforce. For example, describe economic challenges and list actions you plan to take that help the company adjust to changes in volatile conditions.
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Encourage employees to take on new assignments and pursue career advancement. Provide opportunities for employees to assess their current skills and knowledge, register for formal and informal training and progress in their careers. Encourage the use of innovative techniques, such as mind-mapping to build visual representations of concepts and ideas. Reward and recognize employees who take the time to help others and foster the development of improved processes, policies and procedures.
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Ask for feedback. Participate in 360-degree reviews to feedback from your subordinates, peers, superiors, customers and suppliers about your performance. Learn what tools, techniques and methods work for you and what behavior you need to adjust to be more successful and have more impact in your job as a manager. For example, take courses on how to influence or negotiate more effectively. Developing specific talents allows you to improve your ability to lead and inspire your employees.
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Schedule regular meetings with your employees to monitor their performance and generate development plans that list specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely goals. Check in regularly to ensure that all your employees have the right skills, tools and resources to complete their jobs in a safe, productive work environment.
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