Management has various facets. At gross level as we all know, it is about managing deliveries – Time, cost and quality. Volumes of books are available off the shelf on this topic which I do not intend to even remotely refer to or repeat.
Mind Management!!
What I really want to share is my thoughts on management of something at much subtler level - Mind Management!! This is for all those ‘On the job Managers’ and ‘Aspiring managers'. The first thing that we need to learn to tackle is not the delivery, team or client, but our own mind, and the mind of the team.
Yes!, this might seem a little off the track but this is a fact. And before you even step in as a manager, these are the ground areas which need to be worked up on. This is as basic as learning the alphabets before you join them together to make sense for others. Let us check out the following few queries
- Are you settled enough to hear your team’s grievance?
- Are you equipped to combat those shooting queries from the client?
- What you do if you are unnaturally upset due to some personal reason, but is required to get in to a new sales call urgently?
- What if your team member approaches you to seeking a solution for his/her personal problem. Are you matured enough to suggest a solution?
And numerous other practical situations which you need to handle daily.
If you have started your home work on this, you are well off. Else, it is high time to invest quality time on this. Let’s start this session – ‘Mentoring self to be a better manager’ in the smallest possible way – through this blog! This obviously means to start from identifying the areas to be mentored.
Since the thought processes are ongoing in nature and since it is too less space to accommodate all; I would like to start off with a small topic.
In the series of blog posts succeeding this preface, I will be posting more of this nature . These thoughts are highly subjective to discussion and more than as a reader, your thoughts are much awaited to give it the colour and dimension it actually deserves. Let me start with the below.
Empower the team to empower yourself
Empower your subordinates as much as possible. Relate your thoughts to their thoughts, enable free thinking. Provide them a calculated space to experiment, make mistake, correct themselves there by to gain confidence and grow naturally. Empower your subordinate and equip them to take up your current responsibilities. This will free up your time to take greater responsibilities.
Elevate their career and hunt for the next higher opportunity. Basic thumb rule of Empowerment is “Until our hands are emptied, you cannot take up something else”.
Hence, empower others to empower yourselves.
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