Management Success Newsletter from Baker Communications

Great Communicators Make Great Managers

By James A. (Jim) Baker
Founder and CEO
Baker Communications, Inc.
February 2006

Managers are reminded constantly that the key to effective leadership is good communication. Most managers probably consider themselves to be good communicators, but that doesn't in any way guarantee that good communication is taking place within your company, office, team or workgroup. The real question isn't, "Are you a good communicator?" The more important question is, "Do you have a good communication strategy that will guarantee effective communication is taking place all the time?" If you don't have a plan for communicating, you are probably failing to communicate more often than you realize and, believe me, it is causing problems in your organization, whether you know it or not.

So, just in case effective communication in your organization is more of a philosophical construct than a practiced reality, you might want to study the tips below for implementing effective communication strategies.

• Plan and faithfully implement regular staff meetings. Too often, regular staff meetings are reserved for upper level management teams who may meet weekly or even daily to chart out, review and adjust the course of the organization and revise strategies and programs accordingly. Of course, this is important and necessary for the health and success of the organization. In the meantime, subordinates and employees see the management team huddling in the office behind those big glass walls, and they immediately start speculating and gossiping about what might be going on. For this reason, as well as in recognition of the fact that people deserve the courtesy of being told about decisions that will affect them, don't neglect regular staff/employee meetings for subordinates, too...

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Effective Managers Are Enthusiastic Delegators

Managers who rose through the ranks to a place of responsibility and authority over a crew, a team or a section of employees sometimes find it hard to make the transition from player to coach. Especially if they were really good at their previous jobs, they might find it easier to just continue to do the critical aspects of the old job instead of training and empowering others to do it. The reasons for their dilemma are many and obvious, but the challenge is just as clear. For a manager to be effective, he must embrace the opportunity to coach, to train, and to delegate so that his employees and his team can function at peak efficiency.

During this interactive webinar, you will:

• Become familiar with graduated levels of authority and responsibility
• Identify your personal management profile
• Identify obstacles that prevent you from delegating appropriately
• Learn to apply the four basic steps in the delegation process
• Redefine your job description around training, coaching and motivating as an outgrowth of learning how to delegate effectively

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