Succeeding as a First-time Manager

It may sound harsh, but as a first-time manager, you'll make mistakes. Studying some of the mistakes commonly made by new managers will help you learn through the experience of others and avoid similar issues.

New managers tend to make three common mistakes: taking on too much, not asking for help, and projecting a lack of confidence.

First Time Manager: Understanding a Manager's Role

The power gained by moving up in the organizational hierarchy isn't enough to get results. In reality, establishing and maintaining credibility is how you'll get results.

Power does come with your position. And, as a manager, you will have more formal authority, a higher status within your organization, and greater access to resources than you did as an individual contributor.

Overcoming postpone behavior

Being careful about decisions isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's responsible to consider the consequences of your actions. But at work, you're part of a social infrastructure – connected in some way to everyone else in the organization. And the inability or reluctance of procrastinators to make timely decisions can seriously affect your ability to do your job. It's human nature to avoid or put off completing work from time to time.

Rebuilding Trust If You've Betrayed It

The four qualities of a trustworthy person are competence, dependability, honesty, and consideration. If you've made a mistake and betrayed a coworker's trust, you're going to have to take specific steps to remedy that. But as you do, keep in mind that from now on it's doubly important that you exhibit trustworthy qualities.

Qualities of a trustworthy person:

What makes a person angry

What makes a person angry in a specific instance may be any combination of causes. But generally, anger is driven by a sense that one's value or self-worth is being threatened. For example, anger can be triggered by feelings of betrayal, humiliation, and exploitation. This points to the importance of respect in all your workplace interactions.

There are five causes of anger that seem to be commonly noted across many different business environments:

Balancing Your Work Life and Private Life

People often become consumed with professional activities – making the presentation, finishing the programming, and preparing for the meeting. They get so involved with the everyday demands of their professions that their personal lives suffer. Many of these people start to think they need to balance their work responsibilities with the demands of their private lives.

Techniques of gaining influence

Common trade objects in business relate to people's ability to do their jobs. Several common types of trade objects include:

  • task-related
  • career-related
  • relationship-related
  • inspiration-related

Task-related trades

Task-related trade objects help you get a job done. You're probably able to recall many task-related trade objects, but these are the most common:

Etiquette of office romances

Office romances have become a fact of office life in the contemporary business world. With more women in the work force than ever before, and with co-workers sharing the same space 8, 10, or 12 hours a day, mutual attractions are bound to develop. If you find yourself in a romantic situation you can't resist, you should be aware of some common-sense yet oft-violated rules. Details about the etiquette of office romances are provided here.

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