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Rules of Management - An Informal Selection of Favorites
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Article Overview: Rules of Management, Guiding Principles to help with day to day challenges facing business
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Rules of Management - An Informal Selection of Favorites
Seasoned leaders invariably develop a set of guiding principles to help them navigate the challenges and complexities of day to day business activities. William H. Swanson, Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Corporation, adheres to many unwritten rules of management when leading his organization. Here are a few of my favorites.
- Strive for brevity and clarity in oral and written communication. Sadly, good ideas in hard to open packages wrapped with complicated bows are often overlooked. If your communications are concise and articulate, your e-mails, notes and reports will all get read. It takes longer to write cleanly and crisply, but when you do it shows respect for the time of others. Given the complexity of today's business environment, your efforts will be appreciated.
- Look for what is missing. Many know how to improve what's there; few can see what isn't there. It is human nature to focus on what is in a presentation, report, or analysis; but sometimes what isn't there is even more important. This quality can and should be developed in effective leaders.
- Constantly review progress and make adjustments as needed. Are the actual benefits what they were supposed to be? While good decision-making is important, follow through is equally important. When deciding on a course of action, set measurable objectives and monitor them over time to make sure the decision is yielding the intended benefits. Assume your decision may have second and third order effects. Monitor the progress and impact of your decision to make sure these effects are not counter-productive. If they are, address them immediately.
- Beg for bad news. Create a positive climate in which everyone on your team understands that you want to hear the bad as well as the good, and that you expect people to speak up when something's wrong or is not getting addressed in a timely manner. Sharing bad news, while never pleasant, should be an automatic response for your team. And the sooner the bad news is aired, the better. It is amazing how slowly bad news can travel up the levels of an organization-unless the corporate culture encourages and demands that bad news be reported quickly.
- When faced with decisions, look at them as if you are one level up in the organization. Your perspective will change quickly. It is incredibly illuminating to step out of your own role and view the world from the perspective of your manager, or your manager's manager. As you see the world from a higher altitude, you take in more of the landscape. From this vantage point, your role will become clearer and it will become easier to see how you can contribute more effectively to the goals of your organization.
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About the Author: Glenn Parsons RSS for Glenn's articles - Visit Glenn's website Glenn Parsons, managing director of SKYE Business Solutions, is a seasoned executive with a unique blend of entrepreneurial/start up and public company experience. His background and insight positions him well as a trusted advisor and valuable asset to many organizations across several different industries. With a strong legacy of executive sales leadership in venture backed technology firms, his ability to help identify and solve both strategic and tactical issues is demonstrated repeatedly. He is widely recognized for his skills as a leader, communicator, strategic thinker, problem solver, coach and mentor. His relentless focus on growth has positive impact upon revenue, profits, market share, and issues associated with organizations looking to scale. Areas of Expertise: Glenn has assisted many organizations in need of improved organizational performance. Some ways in which organizations have benefited from his efforts include: Improved sales performance and forecasting Background and Credentials Prior to SKYE Business Solutions, Glenn honed his skills in business development, executive sales leadership, operations, and professional services. Glenn's industry experience includes network security, communications, wireless access, enterprise software, and data storage. He has extensive domestic and international experience having established relationships and developed business with organizations in many countries throughout the world, especially in the EMEA and Asia Pac regions. His experience, strategic vision and leadership skills prepared him to serve in a variety of executive leadership roles, especially relating to revenue generation. He has held senior leadership positions at System Industries, Fiberlink Communications, CenterStone Software and VFA. Glenn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard University and his MBA in High Technology from Northeastern University. He serves on several boards and is active in a number of community and professional organizations. Click here to visit Glenn's website   Building a Meaningful Annual Review Process Need an Executive Coach Maybe some do but Im all set Sales ManagementCoaching the Team Assessing and Building Your Leadership Pipeline Your Sales Organization has Never Been So Important |
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