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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 4
| Guest post by: Howard Miller |
Article Overview: I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls.
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 4
The fourth answer written:
Monthly meetings have proved to be an effective way to get feedback about what each employee needs to accomplish their goals
I have asked hundreds of managers how often they meet one on one with their employees. The answers included weekly, twice a month, monthly, when it's needed and they don't.
For those managers who don't meet more frequently with their employees (and I'd say out of 100 managers, about 60% know they should meet more) the biggest excuse they give is there isn't enough time to meet with all their employees on a regular basis. They are too involved managing day to day operations or doing their own work.
This is one of the biggest manager traps!
Meeting with your employees should be one of your highest priorities. If there was ever something not to sacrifice due to time constraints, it's these meetings.
Why?
One on one meetings are the basis for achieving more effective management. The more feedback you give, the more comfortable you are giving it, the more comfortable others are hearing it and the more concise it can be become.
Having these meetings helps you be proactive, potentially saving countless hours of unproductivity. It lessens the chance for miscommunications. It increases trust and a growing relationship between you and your employee.
Ideally, a manger should meet with each employee weekly. This is ideal and many managers meet twice a month, or even once a month and experience the benefits.
Of course, the employee you wish to spend the least amount of time with is probably the employee you need to spend the most time with, potentially meeting daily for a period of time. This is one of the reasons manager's job are challenging!
When you meet regularly with your employees:
- Your trust will increase which will make it easier to delegate
- You find out more about what motivates them
- You are increasing your success as an effective manager!
In order to do all this you need to create a space where using these tools will succeed.
This starts with taking the time, your time, to have one on one meetings.
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About the Author: Howard Miller RSS for Howard's articles - Visit Howard's website Howard Miller teaches management skills to new managers, seasoned managers, entrepreneurs and executives. He is on the faculty of AMA (American Management Association) and teaches courses including Skills for New Managers, Increasing Managerial Effectiveness, and Successfully Managing People). Topics include delegation and motivation methodologies, conflict, how to deal with difficult people, understanding values and behavior, feedback and listening skills. Clients include mid-range to large companies such as the IRS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, IBM, state government, public school districts, and non profit organizations. Howard also does executive and business coaching with the Ken Blanchard organization. Howard is the author of two book; You're Full of Shift, which contains short stories which demonstrate shifting difficult situations to opportunities and The Manager Trap: 13 ½ Pitfalls to Avoid which showcases common traps and pitfalls managers fall into including using a 4 letter word beginning with F that they should avoid! Click here to visit Howard's website   My employee seems to be sick on Fridays and Mondays Planning Vs Worrying What have I learned in 6 months of management Part 2 Youre an S What have I learned in 6 months of management Part 3 |
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