Your transition to becoming a manager starts as soon as you accept the job. There’s a lot to do and as with most things in business, good preparation (or lack thereof!) can make or break you.
If you’re joining a new company, hopefully you have a few weeks off before your start to prepare in peace. If you’re being promoted from within the same company, your new team and manager will start observing you and forming opinions before you even start. It’s not fair, but that’s how it goes!
Reading our entire “First 90 Days as a Manager” section is a terrific start, but there are many more things you can, and should, do before Day 1. Here are some tips that will allow you to hit the ground running:
1. Learn about your team.
Ask your new manager or HR for the names, job descriptions and resumes for each of your new team members. Memorize their names and faces and try to get an early sense of what kind of people they might be and how they might work together.
2. Talk with the previous manager.
If possible, set up a call or coffee with whomever held the position before you. Ask about everything you can, including:
- What skills are required to be successful in the job? Why?
- What were your top priorities? Why?
- What’s working well? Why?
- What’s not working well? Why?
- How should I work with my manager?
- How should I work with each team member?
- Who are the other key stakeholders, both internal and external?
3. Learn about the organization.
If you’re new to the organization read everything you can find, including:
- The company website, particularly anything about values and the culture
- Press, both good and bad
- Market reports
- Competitors’ websites
- Any other materials you can find
4. Learn from experienced managers.
Have a call or coffee with at least two experienced managers from any company. Ask about their experiences as a new manager.
5. Identify skills you need to develop.
Most likely you will need to learn multiple new management skills, as well as a few non-manager skills. If you’re managing a marketing team for the first time, it’s time to take a crash course on marketing. You won’t know more than your team members, but at least you’ll have a better understanding of where they are coming from and how to communicate with them.
6. Practice core management skills.
Managing entails using a completely new set of skills that can be overwhelming to learn all at once. Before you start, read up on three of the most important new manager skills, listed below, and practice them as much as you can.
- Delegating
- Giving Feedback
- Running 1-on-1s
7. Review your priorities for the first 90 days.
Our recommendation is to focus on the following four:
- Build a productive relationship with your boss
- Build a productive relationship with your team members
- Set goals and start delivering value
- Develop essential management skills
8. Plan your first day and week.
Write down the three most important tasks for your first day. It may be hard to get to them all done if you end up spending the day in HR meetings, but try your best. The next article will give you some practical suggestions for how to spend the critical first week.
https://franklincovey.com/
Комментариев нет:
Отправить комментарий