Article : People management
Article People Management
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2009. Performance Development Pty. Ltd.
To get the best out of people at work, here are two
tips ......
1. Try not to be an overly critical manager
In a management role, it is of course part of your job to keep people on the right track and maintain certain standards
in the workplace. And that sometimes involves pointing out mistakes and telling people where they might be going wrong.
But some people who move into management can become overly critical and needlessly nitpick about
relatively unimportant detail. They don’t seem to be happy unless they are criticising and showing others how much more
knowledgeable or capable they are compared to others.
Try to avoid this. Chances
are, you will often have more knowledge and experience in your field than many of the people with whom you work. And that’s
why the organisation selected you for the management role in the first place!
Your job
as a leader is to guide and develop others - not show them how incompetent they are compared to you. People learn best when
they feel respected, receive encouragement and are helped to feel confident.
Sometimes the best thing for you to
do wit ha staff member who comes to you with a technical problem, is not to jump in and give them the solution -
but see if you can help them to discover the solution for themselves. Although this will take some patience on your part in
the short-term, the benefit can be in the longer-term you are developing an employee who has greater self-reliance.
