Seven tips to help you thrive in your new management job.
In the last 6 months, I have supported a lot of professionals into their first management roles. I wanted to offer some quick tips on what you need to do now that you have been offered the job. How do you keep yourself ahead and ensure that you perform at your best in your first 6 months on the job.
Some of my clients have signed up for 1-2-1 support in my coaching package called “Your first 90 days”. This is where I provide weekly 1-2-1 support in the role, offering mentorship as well as coaching you to excel as a new manager. However if you haven't managed to sign up or maybe you have just come across this post and have started a new management job, these few tips will get you heading in the right direction.
1. Practice self care - physically, emotionally and spiritually.
2. Stay on top of your own career development as a manager and also find out the career aspirations of your team.
3. Show timely appreciation for the great work your team is doing and make sure that you are praising your team as well as giving individual praise to your team members.
4. Trust your team members to get on with the job and avoid micromanaging.
5. Deal with your own fears and emotions at work and allow your team members to deal with their fears and emotions as well with your support.
6. Be open and transparent with your decision making; this will foster trust with team members.
7. Last but not least - enjoy your self on the job!
Beaulah Chizimba is a senior nurse leader, leadership and career development coach speaker and trainer, passionate about transformational and inclusive leadership and writes about how health and care professionals can raise self-awareness, grow leadership skills and thrive at work.