Skip to main content

The Manager Mindset Shift


In today's business tip, I want to discuss and actually distinguish the difference between a leader and a manager because leadership is not just a job title. Being a good manager takes a mind shift that takes you from being a producer to a more productive manager.

Anyone at any level of an organization can be a leader. I'm specifically referring to people that report to you, or that you're in charge of guiding them to grow and succeed, and then how you get more out of that whether you are up and coming manager or even the owner of the organization.

Being a manager takes a mind shift. A mind shift that can be very difficult for some. Once someone becomes a manager, their success is no longer determined by their individual contribution. Their success is now measured by the results of their team. I've seen this a lot when I've seen the top producers get promoted to a manager.

Just think about this for the most part. These are people who are promoted internally in our jobs because they worked for the company for a while. They were really good at their jobs, and they were actually a great team member, so they got promoted.

The challenge here is that successful people usually prefer to be in control of their own destiny. They're going to bet on themselves, but asking them to put their success in the hands of others, that's gonna be a bit of a challenge. And this could be a huge challenge for them to get their answer. So even the owners of businesses struggle with this just as much because, if you're the founder, you've probably started the company because you're the expert. You're the supreme problem solver of the organization. That's why it's even more critical for you to get your head around this philosophy and instill it most importantly in your managers that you put in place that they could lead just as well.

If your company has a group of people that don't know what they're doing, there's a lack of competency and productivity going on and that's a management problem or issue.

For them to be successful, there needs to be a system to help them manage the expected results that you expect of your team. Now on the other side, let's look at leadership.

Leadership is about creating passionate and focused people. If the people in the organization lack the passion and motivation to do their job, they're not really focused on what they need to be doing. Now that's a leadership issue.

The challenge here really confronts most business people today is that maybe their business might have been built very well from a leadership perspective because of the lack of management we got from people that aren't really good at their jobs. They're not being very productive. They might be passionate and excited about what they do. This will take them along for a while, but they're not really getting the results that you want them to get.

So, think about this. What does your management system look like? Does your system allow your managers to measure results based on the expected results of your team? And secondly, how and where do you really invest in your team to improve those results?

If you and your management team are struggling to generate the results you want, feel free to schedule a free strategy session with me to determine how you can improve or build your management system to get better results.

Book a free Strategy Session
Labels:
Location: Jacksonville, FL, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5 Keys to Get Your Business Working without You

Business ownership is one of the American Dreams; being able to be in control of your own destiny and have the freedom to choose what you want to do and when. But for many entrepreneurs, that dream has escaped them. They have fallen into the business trap. The dream of freedom has fallen into the daily challenges and frustrations that struggling entrepreneurs face every day. No Cash – You may be selling, but there’s never enough cash to pay the bills at the end of the month. There no cash left over to invest in new technologies or to upgrade equipment or put into your pocket. No Time – You’re not running your business, it is running you. You are spending most of your day solving problems and putting out fires. Instead, you should be planning your company’s next big venture, or just have time to do things you want and spend it with the people you love. No Team – Instead of having a team of professionals that are working together toward a common goal, you have ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Are Your Employees Keeping Up With Your Growth?

There is one challenge that I see that keeps popping up for organizations that hold them and their teams back from achieving more. Are your employees having a hard time keeping up with how rapidly your business is growing? If your team is struggling to handle the capacity of work that comes from scaling your business, I'm going to suggest to you a few strategies to help them to keep pace with your organizational growth. If you've noticed that projects seem to be falling through the cracks, the more work that your business has, this is a great thing for your business but not so good with the things that are falling through the cracks, right? I suggest to don't be too hard on your employees because maybe it might just be very hard and difficult to adjust to the growth of the heavier capacity of the work that they now have. Instead of cracking down on them, you need to focus on being heavy on accountability. If your employees are missing deadlines or aren't completing ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Stop Fixing Your Business and Start Building it

Are you spending your day putting out fires that are popping out of nowhere? Are you always trying to fix something that’s not working in your business? Or, are you working on fire prevention enabling it to be more valuable and sellable down the road? Let me tell you what I mean... If you’re spending your day putting out fires, the fire itself is not the problem. If you find yourself always fixing your business, you haven't put the right structure in place.  You haven't put the right systems in place to be clear on what your ideal customer or employee is that will represent your brand and fit in and align with the culture of your organization. You might not even have a well-defined culture for your organization. There may not have an onboarding process for your team to make sure they are trained properly and show them your unique way of doing business. If you don't have all these systems in place, you're consistently putting out fires and fixing your business. Syste...
Post a Comment
Read more