Managing Workshops

BUILD YOUR MANAGING SYSTEM

Simply Managing™ answers the question: what do Great Managers do? Start with a pragmatic, hands-on strategy that focuses on 5 core approaches:

1. Take a holistic approach: Don't be a "one idea manager"--managing is a multi-faceted job. Become competent and capable across the whole board, see how the parts work together.

2. Focus on what you can change: Play the cards you have in your hand--what you can easily change without fanfare, approval, or special help. For example, you can't easily change pay, but you can give more responsibility.

3. Simplify everything: Managing is not simple, but you can choose simple ways. Pick tools an methods that are uncomplicated, easy to explain and own. Cut through the clutter and weed out the unnecessary.

4. Do-It-Yourself philosophy: Take a hands-on leadership approach, build self-reliance and ownership. Become a "master craftsman" for how work gets done, make more local decisions.

5. Your game plan: Confidence and poise comes from knowing in advance how you'll manage your team. You need an everyday playbook that establishes your plan of action and sets your managing agenda.