MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR MANAGERS

(1)Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Goals should be -

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound.

(2)Manage the function, not the paperwork. 

Remember that your paper work should not distract you from the specific job, entrusted to you.

(3)Delegate instead of doing –

Your job, as a manager is to "plan, organize, control and direct. Delegate all other activities required on ground level, instead of doing on your own.

 (4)Be on the Floor from time to time-

Management by Walking around (MBWA) does work. You make yourself more approachable. You get information first-hand. You find out what's really happening and guide team members. This way you can correct actions of your team, if taken incorrectly.

(5) Lead by example-

Don't fly in first-class if your associates are in General - coach on the same plane. Be a leader first and than Manager. One of the most significant parts of a manager's job is for them to become a positive role model that can pull a team together and deliver the level of service expected from their customers.

(6) Know Your GPM. (Goals, Plans, and Metrics)-

To achieve your goals, you must first determine what your Goals are. Then you have to develop a Plan that gets you to your goal. Finally you need Metrics (measurements) to know if you are moving toward your goal according to your plan.

Without a plan you will never succeed. If you happen to make it to the goal, it will have been by luck or chance and is not repeatable. You may make it as a flash-in-the-pan, an overnight sensation, but you will never have the track record of accomplishments of which success is made.

Look at all the probable scenarios. Plan for them. Figure out the worst possible scenario and plan for that too. Evaluate your different plans and develop what, in your best judgment, will work the best and what you will do if it doesn't.

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