“Okay George I took your advice and invited my key
executives and department heads to an offsite dinner meeting. They were told to bring two sentences that
described me on an unsigned piece of paper so I didn’t know who wrote
what. I assured everybody there would be
no indignation or retaliation just a learning experience for me to be a better
owner. And much to my shock, I was
defined as a micro-manager and narcissistic.”
“Once I got my composure, we talked and there is no doubt
I have been a micro-manager and yes I certainly give off the appearance that it
IS all about me. So now George my old
friend of great wisdom, “HOW DO I FIX ME?”
(Sammy
M. CEO, Heavy Equipment Manufacturing, Missouri)
First and foremost, you must want to change for the good
of YOU. Management and ownership of any company comes
with tremendous responsibilities. You
must demonstrate knowledge, judgment and technique on the business side. And you must be filled with logic, compassion
and understanding on the personal side.
But most of all you must demonstrate CONFIDENCE IN YOUR TEAM! If there is no confidence then there is no
team or worse there is no manager.
Your personal experiences may give you a false sense of
security or confidence in the quest to manage your organization
affectively. Most all companies are
filled with live, breathing, human beings who have brains and are willing to
use them. USE THE RESOURCES that you
have within your organization because they have talent and abilities and
because you have confidence in them.
The next concept you must grasp is a little word called,
“TRUST.” This is one of the most
difficult processes to master for a micro manager. Learn to delegate and have an understanding that other people are in most cases, NEVER
going to do it just like you do. Be
willing to deal with it and become a mentor/teacher so those employees improve
and continue to make your life easy.
You must learn to hold your tongue. Get the people who attended the dinner to
give you a secret signal when they hear you get on one of your “hey look at me
moods.” Think of the words you say and
ask yourself, “How would I react if my boss just said that to me?” You CAN teach old dog new tricks and you must
start retraining yourself to give the accolades to the team and take the
heat when heat comes on behalf of the team.
There is no magic, just discipline of self. If you don’t want to improve, I can say with
some certainly you will never achieve measurable improvement. If you are having problems getting your arms
around this problem perhaps a Management
Acclimatization® event in your conference room is in order.
Remember that your thoughts of today are programming your
tomorrow. If you woke up this morning
and said to you, “this is going to be a terrible day” it probably will be. So why not wake up each day and tell
yourself, “I’m going to be a better person today” and you will be. Again I say to you, YOUR THOUGHTS OF TODAY
ARE PROGRAMMING YOUR TOMORROW! Use that
thought process wisely and you will reap the rewards.
Have a tremendous week.
Regards,
George F. Mancuso, CEO
Client Growth Consultants, Inc.
Client Growth Consultants, Inc.
