Management
Tips
Tips
for Making the Transition to Senior Management
Understand
the demands of your manager's role, see it from their perspective.
Identify
the personal 'added value' they contribute.
Understand
the differences between you and then ensure you compliment
one another - play to each other's strengths.
Be
pro-active with your ideas and show your manager you can
deliver tailored solutions to a problem.
Manage
change - see it as opportunity and be the first to explore
what you can do.
Review
your performance with your manager regularly to ensure you
are on track.
Let
your manager know your career goals.
Develop
your Emotional Intelligence. It is a feature of senior management
that people with good interpersonal skills rise through
the ranks more quickly than someone with little self-awareness
and awareness of their impact on others.
Develop
a sense of humour about yourself as a part of your growing
Emotional Intelligence!
Top
sportsman and woman train every day to stay ahead. Don't
get complacent about your skills. It is too easy to lose
your competitive edge.
Regularly
undertake a personal skills audit, if you are not increasing
your skills base do something about it.
Get
some honest feedback about your presentation skills; how
influential and persuasive are you? Do people listen and
take heed of what you have to say?
Get
used to change by challenging your self with changes that
place you outside your comfort zone.
See
mistakes as a learning opportunity, and ensure that learning
informs your future work practice.
Learn
to think on your feet. Here are some ideas to help you.
Use
the skills of an Executive
Coach as part of your development. It
will increase your confidence and generally improve your
performance.
Support
and develop your staff. A confident and effective team can
only reflect well on you.
Lift
your eyes up from day to day detail. Look ahead, lift you
eyes above their immediate horizons, and look around corners.
