10 Ways to be a Great Manager

1. Create a Plan of Action. You can’t be a great leader until you know what you’re trying to achieve. Based on what you want to achieve, write out your goals, and sketch out some general ways to reach those goals. That leads us to #2.

2. Hold a Meeting. This is your opportunity to explain what you want to achieve to your staff, and then ask what ideas they have to help you get there.

3. Follow up. Follow up regularly with your staff to see if your team is being successful.

4. Always be fair. Now it’s just a fact of life that you’ll probably get along with some people better than others, but that doesn’t mean you can’t treat everyone with an equal amount of respect.

5. Have an Open Door. Your staff need to know that you care about the little things that affect them.

6. Never, Ever Yell. I don’t care how badly someone messed up; it’s never professional or acceptable to yell at them. It creates dissention and fear.

7. Provide Constructive Criticism. Instead of tearing people down, use every confrontation as an opportunity to build people up.

8. Ask for feedback, and be willing to listen. You could gain some very valuable information about management by asking your staff what they’d like to see you change about you.

9. Create Incentives. Come up with a motto, have a contest, give out T-shirts to those who have reached their goals.

10. Accept that not everyone will like you, and that’s okay; but at least attempt to be likeable.

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