When the time comes and I address things that need to be fixed, I do not receive negative feedback from my employees. They all understand the issue at hand and try to fix it, based on their roles and tasks. Overall, I believe that one can be a successful leader if they can be a successful manager. Both of these titles work best hand-in-hand. A leader is someone that leads a team toward the main goal.
Happy and satisfied employees’ decreases the turnover rate within the office and also keeps the moral high. Continuing this shows the high level executives that the General Manager is doing well and optimizing his ability to lead. It is also important for an organization to work as a team. The general manager must know how to execute and communicate the same common goal to different groups. This is very difficult because in order for the team to feel as equally passionate about the common goal, the manager must communicate the goal in a way that makes each employee feel they are doing their part individually to achieve the common goal.
Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Jennifer A. Eichelberger MGT/311 May 19, 2013 Oren Gilbert Employee Portfolio: Motivational Plan As an effective manager, you need to be able to show your employees that you are willing to put in the time and effort to help them be as productive as possible. Putting in the time and effort for each employee allows them to see that you care about their performance and how far they can go within the company. Allowing them to have a certain level of responsibility shows them their opinions are important, they are not there just as an employee, but as a valuable team member. Teaching them to have confidence in their abilities and showing that you have a positive attitude about the goals in
1.1) The purpose is to become a better all rounded employee for the company thus benefiting the company with better output from yourself. The benefits of improving own performance is not only do you become a creditable asset to the company but you also become a better credit to yourself. Another benefit is that with continuously improving own performance the skills you learn will make every day to day work easier and result in getting work done quicker with less stress. If you’re always learning new skills it makes it easier to adapt to an ever changing business environment. 1.2) Feedback comes in all different way but are almost always positive in some way.
Leadership and Teamwork in the Public Services. P1 Authoritarian- This style is used when leaders want their employees to do something, they tell them how they want it done and how they want it accomplished, without getting advice of their followers. This style is more of a bossing around and unprofessional style. Democratic-This style is used when leaders want to include one or more employees in the decision making it is not a sign of weakness, it is so that the employees will be more confident with their own ideas and decision making. Decision making with your employees will let them gain respect for the leader and become more determined.
It is important that companies find innovative ways to keep relations high between upper management and the employees themselves. Having good relations trickles down to improved services, improved production, and a happier work force. The best way that a manager / supervisor can do this is to be fair, be firm, and be a part of the team. Employees who have managers / supervisor who have been promoted from within a company and understands the job gives a morale boost when employees see that there are opportunities for them to "increase their status" Employees who have managers / supervisors who are hired " off the streets" sometimes feel resentments, due to the fact that they may feel as if the person is inexperienced. An employee's perception is everything, even if it may be incorrect.
People are motivated by being rewarded; this brings encouragement helping the person who has done well do a better job and help them achieve more in the job. There is a clear chain of command, discipline is in place. Subordinates do exactly what the leader tells them to do and have no authority. The team is fully responsible for its actions; this is a advantage and disadvantage as if one person in a team makes a mistake then the whole
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT: POLICY AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES 2 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT/DISENGAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Employers want employees who will do their best at work or ‘go that extra mile’. Employees want jobs that are worthwhile and that inspire them. More and more organisations are looking for a win-win situation that meets their needs and those of their employees. What they increasingly say they are looking for is an engaged workforce. Employers want engaged employees because they deliver improved business performance.
Arthur may not be the best at managing others, which could make presentations or working on teams difficult. Arthur would not be the best choice to manage other workers, but he is an asset to the company because he has a positive attitude and likes his job. Arthur is a valued employee, and this positive state of mind could be good for morale. “Breaking down organizational goals into smaller more detailed task geared specifically toward the strength of an employee is an example of Management by Objection or the goal setting theory” (Pearson Education, Inc, 2011). As manager, I have decided that Arthur will serve the company well working in a position that does not require him to be in charge of any projects.
According to a study conducted by Gong, Huang, and Farh (2009), employees who work under transformational leaders had more self-confidence in their ability to be more creative and perform higher (pgs. 765-778). While speaking with my mentor, she states that I have the ability to assist my peers and assess their needs on and individualized basis. I can also influence and motivate my team members to accurately and efficiently complete tasks, and produce higher productivity and job