Rate yourself honestly from 1 to 10 on these 3 components of good team management
1. Your Team Must Be Clear
Peter F. Drucker, one of the worlds most revered management thinkers with Harvard Business Review saying ‘his writings are landmarks of the managerial profession’, says
“Effective Executives do not start with their tasks. They start with their time. And they do not start out with planning. They start by finding out where their time actually goes.”
Therefore, ask each member of your team to record their activities and time spent on those activities for 3 consecutive days. Then once that?s done, help them define each of their responsibilities, roles and opportunities for growth, in relation to your teams purpose and overall objectives.
This will help get control over what they are currently spending time on… and what they ought to be spending time on.
2. Your Team Must Be Organized
If you ask your team members to show you how they organize their projects, they will be encouraged to get better organized than they already are.
It is the accountability they have to be better organized coming from you as manager that can have a great effect on how well organized they become.
3. Your Team Must Be Motivated
Fortunately, this one is easy to achieve once your team is clear, and organized. The best way to motivate your team is to make them accountable to achieving what they are clear on, and organized for.
No not dreaded staff meetings. A simple lightening-fast review meeting with each individual of your team. Let them show you “how its coming?” for each project they are accountable for.
When you make regular reviews (what is the next step?) for your teams projects, you help them to remain accountable and on-top of their projects.
Tell people upfront that you are going to let them know how they are doing.