Characteristics of a Good team manager
After years of hard work and effort, you have been promoted to a managerial position. Now you have a bright and hopeful career journey ahead of you. But do you know what kind of attitude you should have towards your team during this part of your career journey?
Being perceived as a good manager by the team is extremely satisfying. Always be transparent and straightforward. Transparency is the first rule of being a good manager. Because giving the people you work with the feeling that you are transparent makes them trust you. After you become a manager, the more often you share information about the company and organizational structure with your team, the stronger your team's belonging to the organization will be. Because keeping critical information such as strategic plans, budgets and customer feedback to yourself instead of sharing it with your team means declaring from the beginning that you and your team are not on the same team.
Likewise, take care to discuss any negative situations you see within the team together so that no one in the team feels excluded and marginalized. Organize frequent informational meetings and ensure that these meetings are held in a democratic atmosphere.
Build a solid relationship with your team. According to Gretchen Spreitzer, a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, one of the biggest mistakes new managers make is being too mechanical. Having a "performance-oriented" attitude from the outset often creates a wall between the team and the manager.
Remember that just as you need time to get used to the team, the team also needs time to adapt to their new manager. The best attitude to adopt at this stage is to observe individual employees' work styles and performances from a distance and to have plenty of dialog with them.
Demonstrate leadership qualities. Being a good manager is not about hiding in your shell all day and barking commands and orders at people. If you want to be known as a good manager, one of the things you need to pay the most attention to is "having leadership qualities". In other words, you cannot make your team do a better job just by drowning them in demands and negative criticism.
Therefore, it will be much easier for your team to work without losing motivation and with an ever-expanding vision if you lead them. Getting into the thick of things during your managerial journey and experiencing your team's challenges first-hand both contributes to your personal development and strengthens the bond of empathy between you.
Know how to appreciate. There are some magic words that open every door in life, and perhaps the most effective of these words is "Thank you". If you want to be known as a good manager and continue your career unhindered, do not hesitate to appreciate your colleagues for their good work. In this way, you will both verbalize that you value your team and the team will realize that you do not put yourself apart from them.
In the opposite case, instead of taking a judgmental and hurtful tone, an approach such as "How can I help you with this?" or "Do you need support to do better?" will have extremely positive results in the long run. Appreciation and thanks are the greatest virtues.
Be open to feedback and criticism. One of the golden rules of being a good manager is to act with a democratic mindset. In other words, just as you have the right to criticize or warn your team, you should also be open to negative feedback and criticism from your team.
The important thing here is to maintain the ideal distance between you and your teammates.
In other words, being a democratic leader who is open to criticism sends the message that you can be the best at your job without being perfect.
