Have you been recently promoted to a managerial role? Congratulations! It might seem to you that being a manager is all about delegating tasks, monitoring the work of your employees and sitting in a luxurious office. And, of course, you also get higher salary and more perks. While all this is true, there is more to this role than you might have imagined. You are now challenged to establish influence and win trust of your employees and superiors at the same time. When going up the ladder to become a great manager, the following points might help you in the journey:
The price you have to pay
No matter how anxious or apprehensive you feel, you need to be mindful that you have been selected for this role because of your abilities. However, the downside is that now you are accountable for not just your actions but those of your team as well. You will not be able to watch over all employees all the time but if anything goes wrong, you will be held responsible. Being at the top is also going to make you lonely. In order to make tough and important decisions, it is sometimes necessary that you stay aloof and distant from your subordinates.
Tread carefully
Being at a higher post means you need to be more careful of all you do. Making mistakes would only make others feel that you were probably not the best choice for the job and you would be giving way to many other potential opportunists hunting for such positions.
Learn to live like a celebrity
As a manager, you are going to be more talked about than before. Be it dinner conversations or gossip at tea breaks, people are going to be discussing your words and actions. It is, therefore, important to be formal and rational at all times.
Management of workforce
For smooth functioning, it is essential that you first build trust with your employees. Be a role model for them that they can look up to all the time, especially in moments of distress. You should also be able to look into capabilities of people and assign tasks accordingly. Saying the right words to the right people at the right time is what turns a good manager into a great manager. And while doing so, you must remember that listening is equally important in building confidence in your employees so that they perform better. Appreciate them when they perform well and suggest solutions and remedies when they don’t.
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The following article published on the Yahoo website today which is very helpful to improve the current working environment and to improve the performance of our manager and the management of the company as well.
Canadian companies fail to keep employees engaged
Is your workplace enthusiasm diminishing? Canadian companies are risking lower productivity and higher inefficiency due to a disengaged workforce, finds a recent study on the subject. If there was ever a wake-up call for Canadian employers, this might be it.
The newly released “Global Workforce Study” by professional services company Towers Watson shows that the majority (67 per cent) of Canadian workers are not fully engaged in their work and are frustrated by insufficient support from their organizations.
Companies with a lack of “sustainable engagement” risk becoming vulnerable to lower productivity and higher inefficiency, greater rates of absenteeism or employee turnover, and increased costs for chronic illnesses.
“Having fully engaged employees makes them more productive and makes your organization more successful,” says Ofelia Isabel, Towers Watson’s Canadian leader for talent and rewards in Toronto. “There’s a real business case to pay attention to this but we’ve got a long way to go before we get to the levels of engagement that we really need to be successful as organizations.”
Isabel says the equation for sustainable engagement is the sum of three distinct elements:
traditional engagement (employees’ willingness to give effort to their employer)
enablement (having the tools, resources, and support to get work done efficiently)
energy (defined as a work environment that actively supports physical, emotional, and interpersonal wellbeing)
“Over the last few years we’ve been talking about traditional engagement and we measure that by employees’ willingness to give an organization their discretionary effort,” she explains. “We started to look at whether or not it’s sustainable. Can we be asking more of our employees when we know that we’re operating in an environment where we’re asking everyone to do more with less?”
Gina Ibghy, director of organizational development at Randstad Canada in Toronto, says her organization is also aware of a growing disconnect between employers and employees with respect to how the former engages with the latter.
“This situation is prevalent in the business world today for many reasons,” she says. “In a conventional world where you had a certain amount of people to do a certain function, you didn’t have to audit all the different areas in your company. Now that you have to be more efficient, certain questions are coming into play like ‘does the (employee) understand their role?’
“There’s another piece that’s a little more ethereal which is why the business world is slow to react and that is are you listening to what the (employee) is explaining back to you? A lot of employers right now don’t even have that conversation.”
Mental health a huge factor in employee engagement
Equally important to the overall notion of sustainable engagement is the subject of employees’ overall health, including mental health. Amongst all Canadian Towers Watson survey participants, only a third (38 per cent) believe that their organization and senior leaders encourage and support a healthy workforce and just 39 per cent think that senior leaders have a sincere interest in their wellbeing.
“Are people well enough emotionally and physically to get things done? Are organizations stressing work-life balance flexibility? If you look at organizations that do this well, the financial performance of those organizations is almost three times higher,” she remarks. “(Mental welfare) is a critical component; it’s probably still ‘taboo’ in certain circles though it’s becoming less so. Mental wellbeing is a huge part of energy.”
Is there a prevalent attitude at some Canadian organizations that employees should be grateful to simply have a job given the present state of the economy? Isabel says ‘it definitely exists’, but it’s not just a question of hiring in general.
“The vast majority [of companies] tell us they’re having a very hard time attracting critical skill employees; the type of talent that you need to be successful as an organization is very hard to find.”
Randstad Canada’s Ibghy used to live and work stateside. She admits she’s unsure if such an attitude is common among Canadian employers.
“In the States, there’s been a traumatic response to the downturn in the economy. I don’t find that in Canada,” she says. “I find employers here are extremely interested in engaging their people but I don’t think they know how to do so.”
For employers aiming to improve relationships with employees Ibghy recommends:
The executive staff and human resource director should brainstorm to determine a unified path towards re-engaging with employees.
Determine if your hiring practices and performance management processes gel.
Embrace change management (defined as the management of change and development within a business). Have a solid plan in place.
Ensure there’s effective communication between senior management and staff; don’t just broadcast. Communication should always be two-way.
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