Developing Management Skills: What Did I Learn

Managerial effectiveness is a crucial element in the running of any business. Being a good manager does not just mean you can meet the goals of the company, it is all about being able to manage your staff in the most proactive way you can. In this course I have read about how important verbal communication is to be a good manager, the need to be able to manage your time as a manager, and how being able to empower your employees and delegating tasks can allow a company to run smooth. Theodore Roosevelt said it best, “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” I have gained some very important and helpful knowledge during the last 6 weeks that I hope will assist me in becoming a better manager. To start out any successful project there needs to be clear and attainable goals to work towards. So to begin this class I set 3 goals that I wanted to achieve or become more knowledgeable about by the end of this class. It was a little heard at first due to I had not given much thought to what kind of manager I was or if there was anything that I needed to make improvements on. As I pondered what I wanted to do better I ended up settling on the following as my top three goals. First goal was to develop a better focus and ability to communicate to those around me. This is one that I can not only use in the workplace I can also carry this over into my personal life. My second goal was one that I knew I needed to be more focused on at work and that is eliminating my time stressors through better time management of my projects. I know with my job I can become overloaded with projects that all need done yesterday, so being able to learn to step back and evaluate my projects with the time I have available I hoped to find a better solution to relieving some of my stressors. My third and final goal I focused on was becoming a manager that did a better