{"id":73714,"date":"2014-06-05T07:30:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=73714"},"modified":"2014-06-05T07:26:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T12:26:13","slug":"learning-how-to-be-a-good-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=73714","title":{"rendered":"Learning how to be a good manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Gabrielle Spiers, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Montana<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Learning how to be a good manager<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"gabriellespiers\"<\/a>I must admit that managing others was never something that I particularly wanted\u00a0to do but as sometimes happens in life it is something that I have been doing for\u00a0quite awhile now. Like many other things it is something that I think you get better\u00a0at the longer you are at it. I do remember taking the required library management\u00a0class in library school and I think that I managed to pick up some things from it.<\/p>\n

One of the most difficult things that I have learned is that it is important to keep\u00a0emotion out of it<\/strong>. It can be hard when you are upset about something to keep your\u00a0emotions out of it. A few years ago I was in a situation where I was the person in\u00a0charge and two of my subordinates really did not get along. Things got very nasty\u00a0between them and I am not sure that I handled it as well as I should have. I felt more\u00a0sympathy for one of the parties than for the other and looking back I think that was\u00a0fairly obvious. This was the first time that I had been put in that situation and I was\u00a0really not sure what to do.<\/p>\n

Delegating<\/strong> is something that I have slowly learned to do. It is not easy for me\u00a0because I tend to feel that it is easier and faster if I just do the thing that I am\u00a0delegating especially if I have to teach the people I am delegating to which is usually\u00a0the case. However I have come to realize that it is more useful for me in the long-\u00a0term if I take the time to teach others how to do something then the next time it is\u00a0faster for everyone because I should hopefully only have to teach them once and just\u00a0get able to go through it fast next time.<\/p>\n

This brings me to the next thing that I just learned and that is that sometimes\u00a0you will make hiring errors<\/strong>. Since I am the person in charge of hiring as well as\u00a0training this has been something that I have been trying to come to terms with.\u00a0I have had some fairly bad luck in that area recently. One of my new hires was\u00a0routinely turning up late and then got another job and informed me of this via\u00a0email. Almost immediately after I had someone quit two hours in on day one. That\u00a0was very hard to not take personally but at the end of the day if you decide that\u00a0you really don\u2019t want to work for me then it is probably better to discover that on the\u00a0first day than any later. However it would have been easier for all of us had she\u00a0discovered this before she started work.<\/p>\n

Respect is more important than friendship.<\/strong> I do want people to like me but in a\u00a0workplace environment it is more important to be respected than it is to be friends\u00a0with someone. It is not that you can\u2019t be friendly with someone you work with but if\u00a0you are actually someone\u2019s supervisor then friendship at work can be tricky. There\u00a0can be a blurring of lines there which can be difficult to navigate.<\/p>\n

Finally I think the most important thing that I have learned is that it is okay to ask\u00a0for help<\/strong>. I am very lucky because I have a group of people that I can turn to and for\u00a0advice when I need advice. It is also important to ask for advice from people who\u00a0can give you good and relevant advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Gabrielle Spiers, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Montana Learning how to be a good manager I must admit that managing others was never something that I particularly wanted\u00a0to do but as sometimes happens in life it is something that I have been doing for\u00a0quite awhile now. Like many other things it is something that I think you…<\/p>\n

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