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By F. John Reh, About.com Guide to Management since 1997

Ten Things To Do Today To Become A Better Manager

Monday January 14, 2008
You can improve as a manager by working every day to get better. Management is a skill that can be learned. If one of your resolutions for the new year was to become a better manager bookmark this page and come back every day for the next two weeks. Pick one item. Do it today. Pick another one for tomorrow. In two weeks you will be a better manager. And others will notice it too.
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January 15, 2008 at 6:15 pm
(1) Neil Licht,, Managing Director ANSWERS says:

KPI’s are critical. You seem to leave out an important KPI – traits and nevaviors.

Knowing this lets both the manager and the employee truly understand what makes a person tick. Using this can reveal why performance or delegation misses the mark with one yet works well with another person.

Managers who know this, and its not ever obvious, can know what to delegate, what to task, who to assign which tasks and even who to match on assignments. KPI in terms of job descriptions with a KPI of traits and behaviors done on each employee will not close the gap for maximimum engagement and performance.

Look for an on line traits employee KPI assessment tool and see how well it works!

Neil Licht, Managing Director
ANSWERS no more bad hires or promotions
answers@ucanpreventbadhires,com
http://www.ucanpreventbadhires.com

January 15, 2008 at 6:20 pm
(2) Neil Licht,, Managing Director ANSWERS says:

OOPs, Should read “traits and behaviors

KPI’s are critical. You seem to leave out an important KPI – traits and behaviors.

Knowing this lets both the manager and the employee truly understand what makes a person tick. Using this can reveal why performance or delegation misses the mark with one yet works well with another person.

Managers who know this, and its not ever obvious, can know what to delegate, what to task, who to assign which tasks and even who to match on assignments. KPI in terms of job descriptions with a KPI of traits and behaviors done on each employee will not close the gap for maximimum engagement and performance.

Look for an on line traits employee KPI assessment tool and see how well it works!

Neil Licht, Managing Director
ANSWERS no more bad hires or promotions
answers@ucanpreventbadhires,com
http://www.ucanpreventbadhires.com

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