If you are a first-time manager or someone responsible for training first-time managers, here are a few sites that offer interesting reading on the subject.
Tips for new training managers
www.trainingmag.com/Archives/103%20March/103essay.htm
“Congratulations, you’re the new training manager! Now what?” asks Trainingmag.com. The article breaks training into two categories, technical and developmental, and goes on to provide tips to new training managers, as well as outlining some of the common hurdles that often trip up new training managers, including, “The human resource weenie attack.”
Seven common mistakes
http://content.careers.msn.com/WorkingLife/GettingAhead/9912_mngmntmistakes.asp
On the MSN Careers page is the article “First Time Management Mistakes.” The Web site offers “an alarming statistic to make first-time bosses even more queasy: Within the first 18 months on the job, 40 per cent of all management newbies fail by either getting fired, voluntarily bowing out of the position or receiving a bad review.” Following this warning is a list of seven common mistakes of first-time managers and advice to avoid making them. Included in the seven are “You want your employees to be carbon copies of you,” and “You try to be Santa Claus to everyone.”
Essential steps in training
www.wetfeet.com/employer/articles/article.asp?aid=374
The WetFeet.com site offers the article “Manager Training: Creating Programs for First-Time Managers.” In discussing first-time managers, the article observes that, “Without adequate training, it’s easy to make mistakes. Some micromanage; some run into interpersonal problems; some fail to delegate. A focused training program for first-time managers can help avoid such problems.” The site also offers that, “The skills necessary to manage effectively include delegating, coaching, giving feedback, interviewing, motivating a team, leading, communicating, setting deadlines and creating budgets.” Finally, it offers a series of steps intended to help create a first-time manager training program.
Make the right friends
www.office.com/ryb_entrymgmt.htm
Office.com offers the article “Entry Management Training for New Leaders.” The author, Jennifer Dirks, confirms that, “Managers joining most small companies face a daunting task: seamlessly fill a vacant position, make friends with the right people, and lead boldly without ruffling too many feathers.” The article supposes that, “Companies investing in training have cut their new manager turnover rates in half.” This article is short and offers a few helpful hints.
The different skills of being the boss
www.businessweek.com/careers/content/mar2001/ca20010327_191.htm
“Can You See a Bigger Picture?” is from the March 27, 2001 issue of Business Week magazine. This article is an interview with Ram Charan, co-author of The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company. The article discusses how each level of management requires a new set of skills and Charan answers questions like: “Let’s say I’ve just been promoted to a manager. Where might I stumble?”
Joe Nunes is an actuary and president of Actuarial Solutions Inc. in Oakville, Ont. He can be reached at (905) 257-2038 or [email protected].
Tips for new training managers
www.trainingmag.com/Archives/103%20March/103essay.htm
“Congratulations, you’re the new training manager! Now what?” asks Trainingmag.com. The article breaks training into two categories, technical and developmental, and goes on to provide tips to new training managers, as well as outlining some of the common hurdles that often trip up new training managers, including, “The human resource weenie attack.”
Seven common mistakes
http://content.careers.msn.com/WorkingLife/GettingAhead/9912_mngmntmistakes.asp
On the MSN Careers page is the article “First Time Management Mistakes.” The Web site offers “an alarming statistic to make first-time bosses even more queasy: Within the first 18 months on the job, 40 per cent of all management newbies fail by either getting fired, voluntarily bowing out of the position or receiving a bad review.” Following this warning is a list of seven common mistakes of first-time managers and advice to avoid making them. Included in the seven are “You want your employees to be carbon copies of you,” and “You try to be Santa Claus to everyone.”
Essential steps in training
www.wetfeet.com/employer/articles/article.asp?aid=374
The WetFeet.com site offers the article “Manager Training: Creating Programs for First-Time Managers.” In discussing first-time managers, the article observes that, “Without adequate training, it’s easy to make mistakes. Some micromanage; some run into interpersonal problems; some fail to delegate. A focused training program for first-time managers can help avoid such problems.” The site also offers that, “The skills necessary to manage effectively include delegating, coaching, giving feedback, interviewing, motivating a team, leading, communicating, setting deadlines and creating budgets.” Finally, it offers a series of steps intended to help create a first-time manager training program.
Make the right friends
www.office.com/ryb_entrymgmt.htm
Office.com offers the article “Entry Management Training for New Leaders.” The author, Jennifer Dirks, confirms that, “Managers joining most small companies face a daunting task: seamlessly fill a vacant position, make friends with the right people, and lead boldly without ruffling too many feathers.” The article supposes that, “Companies investing in training have cut their new manager turnover rates in half.” This article is short and offers a few helpful hints.
The different skills of being the boss
www.businessweek.com/careers/content/mar2001/ca20010327_191.htm
“Can You See a Bigger Picture?” is from the March 27, 2001 issue of Business Week magazine. This article is an interview with Ram Charan, co-author of The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company. The article discusses how each level of management requires a new set of skills and Charan answers questions like: “Let’s say I’ve just been promoted to a manager. Where might I stumble?”
Joe Nunes is an actuary and president of Actuarial Solutions Inc. in Oakville, Ont. He can be reached at (905) 257-2038 or [email protected].
