To begin, and perhaps most importantly, you’ll need to deal with your employees, team members, stakeholders, or a combination of the three. Managers must have expertise in this area if they have an experienced and competent team (which may or may not be the case in your case.) on their team. In general, technical education does not teach students how to develop the softer skills needed to effectively manage people. This necessitates practise and the ability to learn from one’s mistakes. The experience is the primary reason we choose a project manager. Instead of a manager’s direct and control style, adopt the Coach approach to learning this skill. When a project leader (not a manager) employs a coach approach, he or she engages in a mode of questioning rather than offering solutions.
Ask, “How can I help you?” or “What do you want from me?” instead of assuming what they need and jumping in with an answer or plan. Cohesion is built by allowing the team to come up with solutions and remaining out of the way. There is a huge difference between Greg Chappel and Gary Kirsten’s approaches to the game.
To begin, and perhaps most importantly, you’ll need to deal with your employees, team members, stakeholders, or a combination of the three. Managers must have expertise in this area if they have an experienced and competent team (which may or may not be the case in your case.) on their team. In general, technical education does not teach students how to develop the softer skills needed to effectively manage people. This necessitates practise and the ability to learn from one’s mistakes. The experience is the primary reason we choose a project manager. Instead of a manager’s direct and control style, adopt the Coach approach to learning this skill. When a project leader (not a manager) employs a coach approach, he or she engages in a mode of questioning rather than offering solutions.
Ask, “How can I help you?” or “What do you want from me?” instead of assuming what they need and jumping in with an answer or plan. Cohesion is built by allowing the team to come up with solutions and remaining out of the way. There is a huge difference between Greg Chappel and Gary Kirsten’s approaches to the game.