What is the first priority of leaders/managers?
Leading and managing, not other “work” …
Surprisingly, some research indicates about half of all those leaders/managers with “people responsibilities” do not want to “manage” other people! Think about that and the implications for a moment …
For those who do, leading/managing seems to often fall into the “important but not urgent” category … meaning it usually gets pushed off continually until something bad happens or corrective instruction is needed.
Some of the remedy is to think “small increments” and frequently rather than “all at once” and infrequently. The latter typically becomes a once-a-year (or maybe twice) performance review that’s both revelation (of evaluator thoughts) and evaluation.
Small increments and frequently also doesn’t need super complex or difficult frameworks … reducing further the hurdle to “getting it done.”
What is a small, simple thing you can do right away to get started on improvement?
Helping others in their “people management”?
We have a simple framework you can use … contact us if you’d like it.
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