I came across a problem today which occurs in companies of all sizes.
In fact you’ll find it anywhere you care to look.
They are a very good, progressive amateur theatre company, so good they were the first amateur group in the world to be given permission to stage such shows as Evita and The Rocky Horror Show.
In their case the problem is communication and control.
Allowing young people to show their initiative, flair and artistic talent, while at the same time ensuring that their encouragement doesn’t lead to delusions of grandeur.
This then becomes a recipe for discontent amongst the other members of the group.
There is a fine line between encouraging initiative and lack of control.
Being so good at what they do often leads to problems in other areas.
An old English expression springs to mind, horses for courses.
It means that you choose the best people suited to the job in hand.
In the past I worked with a double glazing company in
Really go-ahead.
They hired the top salesman from the biggest company in their field to be their Sales Manager.
He flopped badly.
His forte was selling, not man management.
Two very different things.
In both these cases they had the problem of adapting from being top in their field to actually showing others how to perform.
Most small businesses are started by people who are high up the ladder for skill at their chosen profession.
Great at the “hands on” stuff.
But to then hire, train to their standards and control a team to work with them presents very different problems.
There is no quick and easy fix.
Each problem that arises must be looked at closely and rectified.
Better still is to anticipate the problems before they arise.
And this is where management skills are so important.
I’m sure that everyone reading this is a star at what they do.
The finest way to start is to lead by example, encourage and praise your team.
Whilst at the same time watching for signs of the problems which will arise, no matter how hard you try to avoid them.
Take the time to learn the art of management, read and look at the problems of others.
See how they solved them and how they ensured the problems wouldn’t arise again.
Remember this is your blog as much as mine.
Let’s make “My Take” a forum for sounds and constructive advice.
Share your experiences, ask if you have problems and share your experiences with others.
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BLAMESTORMING-- Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
SEAGULL MANAGER-- A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything and then leaves.
ASSMOSIS-- The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
SALMON DAY-- The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.
CUBE FARM-- An office filled with cubicles.
PRAIRIE DOGGING-- When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.
MOUSE POTATO-- The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
SITCOMs-- Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.
STRESS PUPPY-- A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiney.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE-- The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
ADMINISPHERE-- The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
404-- Someone who's clueless. (From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found", meaning that the requested document could not be located.)
OHNOSECOND-- That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake.
WOOFies-- Well Off Older Folks
Oh yes,
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. from the -The Irish Times, Washington, DC
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