As a manager, are you just a taskmaster?

7/21? 2017.12.11

Imagine this picture: an office with the word "General Manager" hanging on it, and only a single-word slogan on the wall of the office: " "Thinking", the general manager in the painting is sitting on the boss's chair, with his feet high on the desk, blowing smoke rings facing the ceiling. Pedestrians passing by said: Who knows if he is thinking about our business problems!

Indeed, no one knows what a knowledge worker is thinking. If there is no output, then sitting in the office you will become a person who kills time from nine to five.

? After a busy day, what is the biggest output when you look back on your day's work? What substantial changes have been brought to the organization? Is it an intellectual worker or a manual worker?

? Managers must pay attention to results.

Only those who can substantially affect the organization's business decisions or business results can be called managers.

? Among supervisors, many are not real managers. They may have many subordinates, but they have neither responsibility nor authority for the work content, work efficiency and results of their subordinates, such as Shop line supervisors are just "supervisors", not managers.

I have seen many managers who have no decision-making power over the company's operations, or who, due to factors such as ability and responsibility, have not made any substantial progress during their tenure, such as making the organization more aligned with its goals. Furthermore, to achieve a certain corporate atmosphere and make a series of changes, etc., can only ensure the normal operation of the business, then he is a veritable "supervisor".

Are you a supervisor?

Reporter asked: With such chaos on the battlefield and unexpected situations such as the distance between soldiers, how do you command the army? The captain replied: Although I am the only person in charge, during jungle operations, because the distance is too scattered, I cannot command the troops. What I can do is to train them how to act when encountering any difficulties. As for what to do during combat , depends on themselves, the responsibility for victory lies with me, but the decision-making of actions is everyone on the battlefield.

In guerrilla warfare, every soldier is a "manager" who determines the victory of the war.

As a marketing director, maybe you oversee 200 people, but they are all busy with daily chores and have little impact on organizational effectiveness. Maybe you only have one assistant, but you strive for excellence in market research, then you are also an effective manager. who.

Regardless of your position, you must ensure that what you do is effective.

Managers must face reality

1. A manager’s time does not belong to him or her. Subordinates can call or knock on your office door at any time; the time is only at their disposal.

2. Often forced to be busy with daily affairs unless actions are taken to change;

3. A manager’s results are meaningful only when others take advantage of the manager’s contribution;

4. Organization is an abstract existence, and the core of managers is also very abstract. For example, a doctor can look, smell, and make inquiries, but managers cannot use specific methods to diagnose the root cause of the problem.

Summary: During the half hour of reading, I couldn’t concentrate and I haven’t really adapted to the reading mode, but absorbing one or two pieces of information was also a very happy gain. Tomorrow’s plan: p17-p30