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Reviewing Your Day – Was It A Winner? Days bring with them their own challenges and it is very true to say that one day is not like any other in the manager’s world. Reviewing activity, including the highs and the lows, is an essential tool in gauging your own personal progress and recognising where …
Personal Management Strengths and Weaknesses Compare your own performance against the pointers below to see how you are doing – and then, depending on the outcomes, do something about it! Management Strengths Reliability You want to make sure that something gets done and that it meets the requirements of the customer, whoever that might be. …
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How To Deal With My Management Weaknesses Getting the job is the easy bit – delivering regularly what is required is the hard bit! A few managers do very well in their job and move on to bigger and better things: more responsibility, more resources to manage, better pay, greater recognition, the list goes on. …
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Personal Self-Assessment Checklist For Managers We all want to know how we are doing in the job and how we link with staff, colleagues and those senior to us in the organisation. One thing that is certain is that we never see ourselves as others see us. So, what sorts of questions can you ask …
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Why Do Some Managers Fail? Not every management appointment is an automatic success, and many have to work at learning their craft over many years to become truly effective and efficient in the role. There are many reasons why a manager is not a success: some are very complex, some very simple, some unique to …
How Am I Doing As A Manager? We all need some reflection and review on how we are performing in the job but this needs to be done by colleagues that you trust, whose opinions you value and who will tell you things actually as they are and not some sugar-coated version which gives you …
