I never thought I would write about such a topic, but here I am. For the first time in my life I’m entering management. I’m co-team lead of a team of roughly thirty people and our job is to make sure that those people have enough work to do, have the resources they need to do that work, and also get rewarded when they do well. If they do poorly, then they need the support to get back on track.
Always before I have worked under someone else, having no one but myself to be responsible for. However, I have thought about leadershp a lot and have always wondered what kind of a leader I would be.
So I’m doing some things to improve my chances at doing a good job.
-I’m listening to the wiser heads around me and trying to absorb what advice they have to share.
-I’m trying to believe them when they say ‘you’ll do great, you can handle this.’
-I am going to keep a record of everyone’s name and something about them so I can create connections.
-I’m going to be present, saying hello to everyone in the morning, and saying goodbye in the afternoon, walking the rows so that I’m seen.
-I will use all my resources so I can be organized and get everything done that I need to, so that I have more time to be a resource for my people.
-I will learn who is good at what, so I can continue to tailor tasks to individual skills.
-I will delegate some of the things I currently do so I have more time for my team.
-And finally, I’m going to learn everything I can about what they do so I can understand their challenges and help anticipate any problems that might come up.
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