Involve Everyone

by Zazu
(Houston, TX)

Managers are not only meant to reach the goals and attain the numbers by the end of week and complete the appraisals on time. There should be a lot of personal communication within the team and as a manager you should be the first one the team members want to talk to. This does not mean to entertain their personal or family issues. Set a limit.

Describe the goal to the team and explain to them the business need for that goal and what is the profit or the target that the organization is looking for and involve each and every team member to participate in giving their ideas to reach the goal. However small the idea can be it will definitely improve the process time or the way things are done. More importantly the team member gets the inspiration that he is being part of a critical project and feels the motivation to go the extra mile required. Show confidence that the person can complete the task instead of micro managing them.

A good manager will always take the blame when there is a failure and puts his team forward when there is success.