confessions of a reformed control freak - the top ten sins most managers make & how to avoid...
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In this presentation - led by Author, Communications Expert and Management Consultant Brian Smith - a leading authority on soft-skills training and leadership development - he'll review the top ten sins most managers make and more importantly - what you go do to avoid them. You'll discover the key to motivating a multi-generational workforce and gain some valuable insight into a leadership style that is right for today's workplace. Your success and the overall success of your organization will depend on your ability and adaptability to communicate and interact effectively, solve problems, deal with difficult people and challenging situations better and coach your team members so they can realize their full potential. Great managers and leaders aren't born - they are made. Don't put your career at risk. Learn to manage and lead the 21st Century way. (The lessons learned in this presentation are explained in more detail in Brian's book - Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak - The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them". To purchase your signed copy contact Brian directly or order it online from Amazon, Apple, Chapters or Barnes & Noble.)TRANSCRIPT
Confessions of a Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak Reformed Control Freak
The Top Ten Sins Most Managers The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them Make & How to Avoid Them
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B. R. Smith
Managers vs. Leaders
Worth Remembering …
“For all the fashionable hype about leadership, it is unfashionable management that is being practiced and its fundamental characteristics have not changed.”
- Hales
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21st Century Management
Worth Remembering …
“We are being judged by a new yardstick; not just by how smart we are, or by our training and expertise, but also by how well we handle ourselves and each other.”
- Daniel Goleman Ph.D. – Emotional Intelligence
A Manager’s Tool Kit
Question:
• What skills do you believe a manager or leader needs to have in their “tool” kit to be successful at managing or leading others?
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Defying Personal Defying Personal Limitations Limitations
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DD Dominant
II Interpersonal
S S Steadiness
CC Conscientious
Good Habits = Good Results
Worth Remembering …
“ A strength overused or used in the wrong situation can become a weakness. You need to change the habit to change the result”
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Lessons Learned So Far Lessons Learned So Far
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The Top Ten Sins The Top Ten Sins
Most Managers Most Managers Make Make
& How to Avoid & How to Avoid Them Them
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result” – Albert Einstein
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Confession Number One
• There is no such thing as common sense.
There is no such thing as “Common Sense”
Common Sense Revisited
Worth Remembering …
“We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us”
- Francois La Rochefoucald
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Lessons Learned
• Don’t rely on common sense as part of your training program.
• Create a “Teachable Moment”. Adults can learn new things.
• Managers need to think of themselves as enablers.
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Confession Number Two
You Can’t Motivate People
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Want + Attitude = WIIFM
Worth Remembering …
“It is only when a person has their own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.”
- Frederick Herzberg
Lessons Learned
• You can’t motivate anyone to do anything they don’t want to do. But, you can create an environment in which they will want to motivate themselves
• Work really hard to deliver on their WIIFM & You’ll get yours
• There is no such thing as constructive criticism.
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Confession Number Three
You Ruin Good People by Promoting Them
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Sustainers and Achievers
Worth Remembering …
“I was actually too exhausted to realize at the moment that my life’s purpose had been achieved.”
- Robert Edwin Peary
Lessons Learned
• Just because someone is good at what they do – it doesn’t mean they will be good at doing something else.
• Not everyone wants to be promoted.
• What character traits do you look for in the people you promote?
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Confession Number Four
You Don’t Have to Know Everything
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Don’t Play Smoke & Mirrors
Worth Remembering …
“Even in a hierarchy people can be equal as thinkers.”
- Nancy
Kline
Lessons Learned
• You don’t have to have all the answers so don’t make them up as you go along.
• Always be honest and up-front with your people.
• Know where to go or who to talk to – to get the right answers.
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Confession Number Five
You’re Not The Most Important
Person in The Conversation
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Communication Takes Two
Worth Remembering …
“Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.”
- Robert Greenleaf
Lessons Learned
• Communication is everything. If you can’t communicate you can’t manage – period!
• Effective communication takes two – Sender & Receiver
• Develop good listening habits – Patience, Focus and Open Mindedness.
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Confession Number Six
Park Your Ego at the Door; It’s not About Being Right
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Resist Micro – Managing
Worth Remembering …
“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Lessons Learned
• Managing is a team sport. You can’t do it all - all by yourself.
• There are a number of ways to accomplish the same thing – it doesn’t have to be just your way.
• The more that you allow others to be involved in the process – the more likely they’ll buy in.
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Confession Number Seven
You Can’t Control Everything
All of The Time
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Delegate - Delegate - Delegate
Worth Remembering …
“You establish some objectives for them, provide some incentive, and try not to direct the detailed way in which they do their work.”
- David Packard - HP
Lessons Learned
• Resist the urge to micro-manage. You have to give up control to get control.
• If you don’t delegate you are robbing your people of their opportunity to grow.
• When delegating think of your Achievers – They want to take on more responsibilities
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Confession Number Eight
You Can’t Demand Respect;
Respect is Reciprocal
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Personal Code of Conduct
Worth Remembering …
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are – your reputation is what others think you are” – Dale Carnegie
Lessons Learned
• Respect is reciprocal – You have to give it to get it – You can’t demand it.
• Rapport – Relationship – Respect. Gaining respect is a 3-step process.
• If you truly want others to be successful it will reveal itself in the way that you treat them.
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Confession Number Nine
People Hear What They See
– Not What You Say
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Leading by Example
Worth Remembering …
“Leaders walk their talk; in true leaders there is no gap between the theories they espouse and their practice.”
- Warren Bennis
Lessons Learned
• It’s not what you say that’s important. It’s how you go about doing it that matters most. Do the walk
• If you look like a pro and act like a pro, others will think you are a pro.
• Be fair and consistent in the way you treat everyone.
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Confession Number Ten
There Aren’t Any Negatives;
Everything is Positive
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Perception is Reality
Worth Remembering …
“It depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are in themselves.”
- Carl Gustav Jung
Lessons Learned
• Your attitude is the only thing you can control 100% of the time. Act in a way that will get you what you want.
• Choose to be a winner not a whiner – stop complaining.
• Everything that happens good or bad – is a learning opportunity.
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Pay it Forward Pay it Forward
Worth Remembering …
“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to keep it to oneself.”
- Oscar Wilde
Thank You Thank You
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Thank you for attending and participating in
today’s session. I hope you got your
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