Introduction to Business Skills

Introduction to Skills A successful manager possesses a lot of skills. The skills have opened a pathway for him to the way of success. Is it important for a manager to possess a certain skills? Is it important for a manager to learn those skills? The answer is yes. A manager needs those skills to ensure they can work with more effectively and efficiently. There are four main general skills that a manager needs to equip with. An effective manager must be proficient in these four main general skills. These four skills are conceptual skills, interpersonal skills, technical skills and political skills. Each different types of manager require different types of skills. And different types of skills represent different ability.
Conceptual Skills First skills I want to introduce is conceptual skills. It refers to the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situation. It helps manager see how things fit together and facilitate making good decision. Every decision made by the manager will have a huge effect to the company, especially the decisions made by the top-level managers. The person who needs this skills the most is usually those who have a higher position in a company. For example like CEO, Managing Director and General Manager. These people have to make big and important decision every day. Thus, they need these skills to make more accurate and wiser decision.
Interpersonal Skills The second skills are interpersonal skills. Interpersonal skills encompass the ability to work with, understand, mentor and motivate other people, both individually and in groups. Since manager gets things done through other people, they must have good interpersonal skills to communicate, motivate and delegate. Without the staffs, there is nothing a manager can do. So, managers need good interpersonal skills to have good relationship with the staffs. If the relationship among the managers and the staffs are good, they can understand each other and work more efficiently.