The transition to the role of manager is exciting but also challenging. With new responsibilities and expectations it’s necessary for newly hired or promoted individuals to get off to the right start. A new manager needs to strengthen their personal skills, develop a team focus and build organization awareness.
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1. Navigating the Waters:! Tips for the First Time
Manager!Robin Schooling, SPHR ! Silver Zebras, LLC! January
2014!
2. Most of what we call management consists of making it difcult
for people to get their work done. ! Peter Drucker! 3. getting work
done through others! 4. Manage Yourself! Discuss expectations with
your manager!Clarify objectives!Prepare for continuous learning! 5.
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes
responsibility. ! Peter Drucker! 6. you dont know what you dont
know! 7. Prepare for Challenges! Transition from peer to
leader!Making tough choices!Can you take the heat? ! ! 8. 3
Components! Strengthen your personal skills!Develop a team
focus!Build your organizational awareness! 9. Personal Skills! 10.
The Reality of the Working Manager! 11. Managing Priorities! Time
management!Use technology wisely!Get clarity ! ! 12. its addition;
not subtraction! 13. Communication!Personal!Group!Remote! 14. Human
Resources! ! ! Payroll! ! Employee Relations! ! Compliance! 15.
Talent Management! Have a talent mindset in all you do!! 16. Style!
17. Style! Authoritative Directive/Coercive Affiliative
Democratic/Participative Pacesetting Coaching ! Hay/McBer! 18. Team
Focus! 19. Delegation! 20. Delegation: it still takes time! Build
trust!Assign the work!Articulate the desired outcomes!Guide and
support!Failure can provide an opportunity for learning! 21.
Performance Management! Continuous and Ongoing! ! 22. Your Role!
Set expectations!Observe behavior!Give feedback!Hold people
accountable! 23. Organizational Awareness! 24. Strategic
Relationships! Targeted! Tentative! Transactional! Trusted !
!Berson/Stieglitz 25. The Art of Inuence! 26. The key to successful
leadership today is inuence, not authority.Ken Blanchard! 27. 5
Easy Pieces! Establish trust !Be genuine!Make others feel
important!Be consistent!Reciprocate! 28. Chart your Course!! 29.
Inspire and Engage!! Strengthen Develop Buildyour personal skills!a
team focus!your organizational awareness! 30. Developing integrated
HR and Talent Strategies for business success!Robin Schooling, SPHR
@RobinSchooling www.silverzebras.com HRSchoolhouse.com!
