Advice on your first management post (Career Advisor / Counseller in General)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Career Advisor / Counseller in General
Date:	19/02/09 (77 review reads)
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Advantages: Career development

Disadvantages: Cannot be everyones mate

I thought I would write some first thoughts about how to cope with your first position of authority in the work place. It can be a very strange transition t have to go through, from being one of the team in a work place, on an equal footing to everyone else in the work place pecking order, the old them andus culture however when you then become a supervisor or one of the management team it can be a strange experience and a very challenging one.

I think that as a manager you have to accept that you cannot please everyone all of the time and if you start out as hoping to be everyone friend then you are probably doomed to fail. What you do need to be is consistent with the people you work with and treat everyone the same.

It is very important that you are a good communicator and that you are able to give clear instructions, both verbal and written however just as importantly you have to be a good listener and able to get ideas ad feedback from your team as often they will be the ones with the best ideas or maybe closer to the customer.

Finally as a manager you have to be organised and spend time planning ahead, you have to be firm but fair with people and show them the respect that you expect to receive back from them. Sometimes you have to make hard decisions but then that is all part of being the boss and partly what you are getting paid for.

Summary: Career advice