5 Managerial Tips for Staying Connected to your Team

1. Get up behind your desk

If an effective manager sees a challenge, he will set direction, then enthuse and engage people’s hearts to follow. Get up from behind the desk.

2. Recruit new competencies

All managers have to treat hiring as a key priority, and, where possible avoid the temptation to fill a post quickly, ignoring the fact that new competencies and behaviours are required.

3. Communicate often and learn to communicate well

Communication is not just about emails, conference calls and slide presentations.  Listening is the foundation of great team communication, and face-to-face meetings reinforce and enhance team relationships and effectiveness.

4. Teams don’t just happen

Most managers believe that without some face-to-face contact it is very difficult to get the teamwork needed in order to manage effectively. It is clear that “teams that meet the most are the best run.”

5. Build trust

In particular, be sensitive when there is change in structure. It is seen to take up to a year to rebuild trust.  People feel insecure and confused, often concerned with what seems to be loss of areas of responsibility, and insecurity about their jobs.

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