RE: Off-topic, Management, or lack thereof...

From: SiderWhite (SiderWhite@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Oct 29 1999 - 18:46:01 EEST


Found the below article on an Internet management forum. Some of these
"manager" qualities sound exactly like the qualities that all the people
subscribed to the rp-ml have! I think we should all become CEO's and teach
some of these highly paid laggards a thing or two about creative and
inspired management!!!

Regards,

Glenn Whiteside
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Need For Good Managers Increasing

The need for good managers is not going away. It is intensifying. With
‘flatter’ organizations and self-directed teams becoming common; with
personal computers and networks making information available to more people
more quickly; the raw number of managers needed is decreasing. However, the
need for good managers, people who can manage themselves and others in a
high stress environment, is increasing.

I believe anyone can be a good manager. It is as much trainable skill as it
is inherent ability; as much science as art. Here are some things that make
you a better manager:

As a person:
You have confidence in yourself and your abilities. You are happy with who
you are, but you are still learning and getting better.
You are something of an extrovert. You don’t have to be the life of the
party, but you can’t be a wallflower. Management is a people skill - it’s
not the job for someone who doesn’t enjoy people.
You are honest and straight forward. Your success depends heavily on the
trust of others.
You are an includer not an excluder. You bring others into what you do. You
don’t exclude other because they lack certain attributes.
You have a ‘presence’. Managers must lead. Effective leaders have a quality
about them that makes people notice when they enter a room.
On the job:
You are consistent, but not rigid; dependable, but can change your mind. You
make decisions, but easily accept input from others.
You are a little bit crazy. You think out-of-the box. You try new things and
if they fail, you admit the mistake, but don’t apologize for having tried.
You are not afraid to “do the math”. You make plans and schedules and work
toward them.
You are nimble and can change plans quickly, but you are not flighty.
You see information as a tool to be used, not as power to be hoarded.

Take a look at yourself against this list. Find the places where you can
improve and then get going.

For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/



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