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Common Mistakes of New Managers
By SiliconIndia | Tuesday, 23 August, 2011
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Bangalore: Many first time managers are people promoted into a management role as a result of ideal performance as an individual contributor. However, becoming a manager requires different skills typically leaving first time managers ill-prepared for situations and challenges they face as they transition into a management role. Here are a few common mistakes that new managers make so you can avoid making them too.
Changing everything: Just because something is done in the way you would not, it essentially isnât wrong. Do not try to shuffle the wheel to your accordance. The first lesson to be learnt is the difference between "different" and "wrong". Changing the way your team works for the sake of doing it does not brand you as a good team leader and in fact it disturbs the way your team works creating turmoil.
Micromanaging: New managers usually want to show who the boss is and end up micromanaging. Micro managers are people who tell what must be done, when it is due and precisely how to do it. Micro managers usually send out negative vibes and messages like "you are ineffectual and I do not trust you with even the simplest thing". It interferes with existing teamwork and reticence of future teamwork in both vertical and horizontal relationships.
Focusing on tasks instead of people: Your job was to accomplish tasks before you got promoted to managerial level, but now, you will have tasks many more than earlier but, your tasks are secondary to helping other people do their tasks. Your work as a supervisor is to get the best out of the people you deal with. You need to find out what each person in your team wants and help them get it. In turn, your people will do brilliant work for you.
Avoiding Responsibility: Like it or not, as the boss you will be responsible for everything that happens in your team. There will be circumstances where actions will have a direct impact on someone or something, whether you did it or not, knew about it or not. No matter what your team does or does not do, you will be held responsible and their actions reflect on you. The fastest way to lose the trust of your employees is to fail to understand the situation and take accountability for your actions. Be geared up to shoulder responsibility as it goes hand-in-hand with authority.
Failing to set and communicate expectations: Expectations are the support of any relationship as they set up precincts that guide the work that must be done, how it should be done and when it is to be done. First timers usually inaccurately presume that their direct reports will intrinsically know what their managers expect from them. Be sure to take time to discuss your expectations with each member of the team and with the team as a whole.
Changing everything: Just because something is done in the way you would not, it essentially isnât wrong. Do not try to shuffle the wheel to your accordance. The first lesson to be learnt is the difference between "different" and "wrong". Changing the way your team works for the sake of doing it does not brand you as a good team leader and in fact it disturbs the way your team works creating turmoil.
Micromanaging: New managers usually want to show who the boss is and end up micromanaging. Micro managers are people who tell what must be done, when it is due and precisely how to do it. Micro managers usually send out negative vibes and messages like "you are ineffectual and I do not trust you with even the simplest thing". It interferes with existing teamwork and reticence of future teamwork in both vertical and horizontal relationships.
Focusing on tasks instead of people: Your job was to accomplish tasks before you got promoted to managerial level, but now, you will have tasks many more than earlier but, your tasks are secondary to helping other people do their tasks. Your work as a supervisor is to get the best out of the people you deal with. You need to find out what each person in your team wants and help them get it. In turn, your people will do brilliant work for you.
Avoiding Responsibility: Like it or not, as the boss you will be responsible for everything that happens in your team. There will be circumstances where actions will have a direct impact on someone or something, whether you did it or not, knew about it or not. No matter what your team does or does not do, you will be held responsible and their actions reflect on you. The fastest way to lose the trust of your employees is to fail to understand the situation and take accountability for your actions. Be geared up to shoulder responsibility as it goes hand-in-hand with authority.
Failing to set and communicate expectations: Expectations are the support of any relationship as they set up precincts that guide the work that must be done, how it should be done and when it is to be done. First timers usually inaccurately presume that their direct reports will intrinsically know what their managers expect from them. Be sure to take time to discuss your expectations with each member of the team and with the team as a whole.
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