"Bumbling Fool" - AN IAM Group Ltd Yokohama Managers Guide

Are you really in charge now?  One’s integrity proves a good vision and strategy with the ability of good execution skillfully. Below are the Tips for First Time Managers|:

1. There is so much you don’t know.

Be patient, do not feel tempted to overhaul in one night. Rather than risk moving so fast too soon:

Be Observant. Listen. Keep learning. Make logs of things that you think need to be fix. Make it clean and sharp. Know what’s critical. Know what’s clutter. Lean on those with institutional knowledge and memory.

In short, be humble and grow into the job. Take small steps one at a time so your employees have some continuity and trust will be earned in a slow phased manner. As you mature in the business, one will have time to leave positive footprints. 

2. Give everyone a clean slate.

Watch your team in action. This will tell you who speaks the truth, who really help, or those who are disappointing. Respect those who are seniors in the group, one will get an immediate support, if needed. 

3. Establish Time Lines and benchmarks.

Capitalize on their attention.  Be a model.  Identify what needs to be done short-term and long-term. Help the team to understand their importance in every aspect of their job, and how it will affect in their careers.  Let them picture themselves how great their accomplishments are in the business. 

4. Determine a Bad Apple.  Times have changed.

Remove obstacles or excuses in delivering the job.  Identify immediately what is holding back with the team. Failure to delivery on time should have to be identified what causing it.  Take a dramatic action to send the message that times have changed.

5. Work is doomed to failure if no plan behind it.

Gradually losing sight of your project and team’s potential and value if one is without a plan and no dedication to executing it. 

6. Recognize each person’s potential. Develop Each Person (Including Yourself)

Provide new trainings that will make them look forward everyday.  Check in regularly on team’s performance. 

7. Recognize Your Limitations

It takes time to make things happen, and there will be mistakes along the way. Be patient and take heart with any victories you achieve.  Good intentions will drive good results.  Bad attitude will return a white squall of unexpected turbulence in your career. 

8. Cultivate a Mentor

Find someone who have been through all the managerial work and successfully live all those stumbles.  Remember, one bad manager poison relationships, siphon energy, and can stifle creativity. And one day you ask yourself if you’re causing more harm than good. When this happens, reach out to someone who’s already gone through that. Find a mentor who can pick you back up and put your challenges in perspective. Stay in touch regularly and take his or her advice, however critical, to heart eventually will champions your cause. 

9. A manager is also an ambassador.

To forge a long-term partnership, it only takes one opportunity, and a mutual awareness of your unexpected synergies. Be true and real. It builds strong bridge to what you need to accomplish.  Invests in building relations with the others:

Leaders Rank and file.

Take an inventory of how your department whether your operation is viewed positively and negatively. Identify areas where you could improve your performance or potentially team up with someone to help. Keep your capabilities on their radar, communicate regularly. 

10. Project leadership via training, acknowledgment, project updates, and provide inspirational success stories.

You want to expand their world, aside from our world, not narrow it, to enhance the whole team’s value to the organization. 

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