Things You'll Need:
- Positive attitude
- Even temperament
- Charisma
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Step 1
Keeping your emotions under control at all times is pivotal to your reputation as a boss. Even one major blow-up or emotional outburst will be destructive to your overall effectiveness.
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Step 2
Treat people like people. Act like the boss you would want to have or have admired from your past. Your employees will appreciate you if you care and show them the utmost respect. Keep in mind that you set an example for everyone else. If your behavior is less than stellar, your people will feel it is okay to do the same.
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Step 3
Keep your folks informed on what is going on. You should have meeting on a regular basis. Make sure that priorities are lined up with goals and objectives. Encourage questions and be courteous in responding to issues raised as concerns. Follow up with people if you say you are going to get back to them.
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Step 4
Delegate often and effectively. Never give someone a job you would not be willing to do yourself. Check back with people to see how they are doing but not in a hounding mode. Show support and enthusiasm.
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Step 5
Keep everyone in your group aware of the priorities, so they will do first things first. Treat everyone in your group the same and don’t play favorites. All the members of your work team should be your favorites or inner circle.
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Step 6
Allow people to talk about problems to you and be sympathetic. Giving them a hearing is good, and shows you are understanding. If the same person has personal problems all the time, however, beware. You may have a problem employee on your hands.
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Step 7
Learn from your new people. New employees often come to the company from other places where they have been trained to do work in a superior way. Take note and learn from the new folks who worked for a more progressive company. You might have a chance to do things in a better way. Be open to these opportunities.
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Step 8
Get your people ready to be promoted to higher levels by training and developing their skills. Even if it means a good one will be transferred to another part of the company, by developing your people, you are building a stronger base. Also, someday your employee could be your boss. Treat him as well as if he were a boss or fellow manager.
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Step 9
Your effort to be positive is a gift that can make you a better manager. Strive to see the good side of things and point these out to your staff. Never talk bad about the company or people in higher level positions or you will lower yourself in the eyes of your people.
