Much research has been done into the careers of successful managers. A number of managerial skills, personal traits and values have been identified as important.
- Being productive (getting things done)
- Setting challenging goals for oneself
- Fluency in expressing ideas
- Being an assertive communicator
- Technical competence
- Team leading skills
- Being loyal and supportive to management and colleagues
- Having a positive approach to problems
- Prepare to make scarifies for career
- Having a personal meaning in life
On the other hand, a number of characteristics have been identified with careers which have ended prematurely.
- Specific performance problems
- Poor interpersonal skills
- Inability to adapt to boss’s style
- Failures in staff selection and development
- Over managing
- Failure to develop an effective team
- Over dependence on support of another
By following the guides to managerial action in this manual you will be able to examine the managerial skills issues highlighted in the research. The personality traits and values you must take care of yourself.
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