New Manager Transitions Flashcards
1
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Myths About Managers - #1
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- Myth-New managers and individual contributors use the same skills
- Reality-The skills are markedly different
2
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Myths About Managers - #2
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-Myth–All a manager needs is power
- Reality–Position power is limited and doesn’t belong to you; personal power is boundless and belongs to you
- Power = Potential influence
- Influence = Use of power
3
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Myths About Managers - #3
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- Myth-Managers have a lot of freedom
- Reality–Managerial discretion is limited by procedures, routines, strategies, budgets, culture, subordinate capabilities, etc.
4
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Myths About Managers - #4
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- Myth-Managers always feel smart, in control, and satisfied in their jobs
- Reality-Managers are human and have emotions
5
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Myths About Managers - #5
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- Myth-You learn to be a good manager through training
- Reality Classes and concepts are important, but practice makes perfect (sometimes)
6
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3600 View of Managerial Roles
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- Role expectations (the job)
- Direct reports’ expectations
- Supervisor’s expectations
- Peer/colleagues’ expectations
7
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How Do Managers Create Value?
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- Setting agendas
- Building networks
- Framing problems
- Directing and facilitating others’ performance
- Embracing collective achievement as the best measure of personal worth
8
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Tensions Managers Face in Teams
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- Individual differences or deal with group identity and goals
- Foster support among team members or deal with confrontation
- Focus on current team performance, or focus on learning and development (one of biggest tensions at all lvl’s of organizations
Emphasize managerial authority,Or allow members discretion and authority
9
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Biggest Mistake a Leader Can Make Video
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- Put self interest in front of organization
- Betraying trust
- Being certain
- Not live up to their values
- Being to consumed by vision, that they lose capacity for self doubt
- Personal Arrogance
- Acting too Fast
- All about the leader
- Being inconsistent and no integrity
- Not be self reflective
