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What Skills Does An Excellent Manager Have? Excellent management shows the following Skills, all day, every day: Loyalty Likes people and has a natural people focus Looks across the borders of their job to see other issues and horizons Shows Tact Honesty Self-confidence Optimistic Courageous Uses managerial power with respect Totally Trustworthy Has Ambition Shows …
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How To Be An Excellent Leader Be Aware of Your Biases We all are biased, even those who say that they are not! We all get the dreaded tunnel-vision days and become isolated from others and what the real world represents. Make sure that whenever possible that you step away from accepted knowledge and just …
The Top 10 Management Skills Every Manager Needs Successful managers work consistently to develop their skills in the following areas: Planning Without a plan, nothing is achieved. As a manager you need to be competent in business planning, project planning, workload planning and contingency planning. Communication Communication covers writing, speaking and listening. You must be …
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Essential Management Skills - How Do You Measure Up? How do you measure yourself against the following skills? Truly successful managers are experts in their field BUT also live and breathe the following key skills: Positivity: This will mean leading people and teams through good times and challenging times. The challenging times can be tough, …
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6 Top Interpersonal Skills All Managers Need Positive Attitude Managers must be able to lead people. This will mean leading people and teams through good times and challenging times. The challenging times can be tough, but in these situations, it is the manager’s responsibility to see the challenging situation as it is and not exaggerate …
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How To Be A Successful First Line Manager Taking on your first managerial position is always a challenge because you have made the progression from managing yourself and getting your own job done to a position where you are directly responsible for the work of other people. This can sometimes be a difficult and scary …
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How To Be An Excellent Leader Stay on Top of Intelligence. New technology hits the organisation and the market every day so you MUST stay up to date with the latest developments, shifting information, emerging trends and market awareness. You can only make sound business decisions when you do this and do it systematically. Give …
How To Identify Skills Gaps In The Team If the team is not working then you, as a manager, are failing! Use the pointers below to identify where the weaknesses are and then set about designing, and delivering, a solution! Observe people working – direct observation of team members at work in their roles. One-to-one …
What Makes An Excellent Manager? Integrity: trustworthy, honest and relied upon by their team and being able to follow-through on promises made and decisions communicated. They stick to their professional standards and ensure their principles are followed at all times. Strong communication: they communicate effectively with a wide range of people at all levels and …
