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Casual Articles - What's Your Management Style?
Companies have a tradition of luring away top executive talent from the competition. In sports free agency has changed the entire landscape of professional athletics as teams constantly fight for talent. The talent wars are now reaching the trenches and companies are taking off the gloves and aggressively going after top talent at all levels regardless of who they are currently employed by.Because employees now know they are potential free agents, they are looking for the best package, not just more money. Who are the people you would hate to lose? It's time to use t
** THE DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager focuses on building group consensus and commitment through group management of the decision-making process.
Requires a hands-off style and a heavy emphasis on team participation. Employees are trusted to have the skills, knowledge and drive to come up with decisions to which everyone is committed.
Manager's role is only to fine-tune and approve the plan.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use t
When you open a dollar store retaining the best employees is always a challenge. If there is not a positive work environment, if employees are not recognized and appreciated, and if there is not an opportunity to learn and grow, employees may well seek opportunities where these conditions exist.As a new business owner there is a natural tendency to want to stay in control of all of the details of your new business. When you open a dollar store you want to know how everything is being done and how everything is going. Yet letting go of some tasks and responsibilities
You as a leader need to adopt the right style to fit the situation and the person. But what I am saying is that some styles are better suited to certain situations than others.
And also, if you keep to the same style no matter what the situation this can have adverse affects from you staff and performance.
So, want to know what the 6 managerial styles are and what they mean?
Here goes!
** THE COERCIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager who uses this is intent on obtaining immediate compliance from employees. Conversation is one way.
Very directive. He/she tightly controls situations and emphasizes negative rather than positive feedback.
The manager wants employees to do their work exactly as the manager wants it.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE AUTHORITATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE **
The manager's goal here is to provide vision and focused leadership. Long term thinking and a clearly stated direction.
Decisions are made by the manager but some employee input is sought to reality test decisions. This style also relies on the skillful use of influence to gain employee buy-in to decisions. A firm but fair approach.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE AFFILIATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager uses this to promote harmony, cooperation, and good feelings among employees.
Affiliative actions include accommodating family needs that conflict with work goals, quickly smoothing tensions between employees, or promoting social activities within the team.
The manager pursues being liked as a way to motivate people.
He/she puts people first and tasks second.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager focuses on building group consensus and commitment through group management of the decision-making process.
Requires a hands-off style and a heavy emphasis on team participation. Employees are trusted to have the skills, knowledge and drive to come up with decisions to which everyone is committed.
Manager's role is only to fine-tune and approve the plan.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use th
At one time or another, most of us have experienced a loss of momentum in achieving the goals we set. This particularly seems to be true when we resolve to take better care of ourselves or spend more time with family and friends. Work often seems to relegate such goals to the back burner.Ironically, I have observed that when my coaching clients set clear parameters at work to enable them to achieve what they perceive to be personal goals, there is a profoundly positive impact on their focus, productivity and satisfaction at work.One leader whom I coach (we’l
Manager who uses this is intent on obtaining immediate compliance from employees. Conversation is one way.
Very directive. He/she tightly controls situations and emphasizes negative rather than positive feedback.
The manager wants employees to do their work exactly as the manager wants it.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE AUTHORITATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE **
The manager's goal here is to provide vision and focused leadership. Long term thinking and a clearly stated direction.
Decisions are made by the manager but some employee input is sought to reality test decisions. This style also relies on the skillful use of influence to gain employee buy-in to decisions. A firm but fair approach.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE AFFILIATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager uses this to promote harmony, cooperation, and good feelings among employees.
Affiliative actions include accommodating family needs that conflict with work goals, quickly smoothing tensions between employees, or promoting social activities within the team.
The manager pursues being liked as a way to motivate people.
He/she puts people first and tasks second.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager focuses on building group consensus and commitment through group management of the decision-making process.
Requires a hands-off style and a heavy emphasis on team participation. Employees are trusted to have the skills, knowledge and drive to come up with decisions to which everyone is committed.
Manager's role is only to fine-tune and approve the plan.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use t
Performing the function of recruitment i.e., increasing the selection ratio, is not as easy as it seems to be. This is because of the hurdles created by the internal factors and external factors that influence an organization. The first activity of executive recruiting i.e., searching for prospective employees is affected by many factors like organizational policy regarding filling up of certain percentage of vacancies by internal candidates, local candidates, influence of trade unions, government regulations regarding reservations of certain number of vacancies to candidat
Decisions are made by the manager but some employee input is sought to reality test decisions. This style also relies on the skillful use of influence to gain employee buy-in to decisions. A firm but fair approach.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE AFFILIATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager uses this to promote harmony, cooperation, and good feelings among employees.
Affiliative actions include accommodating family needs that conflict with work goals, quickly smoothing tensions between employees, or promoting social activities within the team.
The manager pursues being liked as a way to motivate people.
He/she puts people first and tasks second.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager focuses on building group consensus and commitment through group management of the decision-making process.
Requires a hands-off style and a heavy emphasis on team participation. Employees are trusted to have the skills, knowledge and drive to come up with decisions to which everyone is committed.
Manager's role is only to fine-tune and approve the plan.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use t
Anytime is a challenge for entrepreneurs looking for venture capital but now even more so. Competition is fierce and the jousting for the prize of venture capital funds bloodier. To make your quest for capital a little more bullet proof, we asked venture capitalists across the country what advice they would give to entrepreneurs looking for investors. 80 VCs responded. We've summarized the results and included a few specific tips direct from the VCs themselves in quotes.Here's what they told us:Reach Significant Milestones Before Seeking Funding-
Manager uses this to promote harmony, cooperation, and good feelings among employees.
Affiliative actions include accommodating family needs that conflict with work goals, quickly smoothing tensions between employees, or promoting social activities within the team.
The manager pursues being liked as a way to motivate people.
He/she puts people first and tasks second.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager focuses on building group consensus and commitment through group management of the decision-making process.
Requires a hands-off style and a heavy emphasis on team participation. Employees are trusted to have the skills, knowledge and drive to come up with decisions to which everyone is committed.
Manager's role is only to fine-tune and approve the plan.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use t
The fact that you're reading this article says that you probably want to own and operate a business. In all likelihood you also have a good idea of what that business will be. I'll give you some help to ensure you've selected the business that's right for you.Your business success will be directly proportional to how much you love what you are doing.Considering the amount of effort you will need to expend as an entrepreneur to make your venture successful, the business you select should be something you love. There are lots of reasons why people choose to star
** THE DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager focuses on building group consensus and commitment through group management of the decision-making process.
Requires a hands-off style and a heavy emphasis on team participation. Employees are trusted to have the skills, knowledge and drive to come up with decisions to which everyone is committed.
Manager's role is only to fine-tune and approve the plan.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE PACESETTING MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Manager uses this style to focus on accomplishing a great deal of top quality work him-or herself. Employees are thought capable of achieving their own goals with little supervision.
When performance is not up to standard, the manager will do it him- or herself.
Emphasis on "Doing it myself"
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
** THE COACHING MANAGEMENT STYLE **
Directed towards professional growth of employees.
Manager focuses on helping employees identify their strengths and weaknesses, improvement areas and set development plans that foster career goals.
Manager creates an environment that supports honest self- assessment and treats mistakes as learning opportunities in the development process.
** HOMEWORK **
Do you use this style?
What situations do you think it would be appropriate to use this style?
What situations do you think it would not be appropriate to use this style?
You will always have a dominant style that you use more than any other. It's always really interesting to see the mix of how often you use the other styles as well.
Think about what styles you use the most often.
Are they effective?
Are you a one dimensional leader that uses the same style over and over again?
What could you do to develop you skills in the other managerial styles?
I'll leave them with you!
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