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Managemen
t Skills for
New
Managers
Copyright Fahmi Abdein

2006

Overview

Personality traits of successful managers.

Basic skills in management.

Managing performance.

Becoming a great manager.

If there is nothing very special about your work You wont get noticed,
and that means you wont get paid much either.
Michael Goldhaber, Wired Magazine

Exercise

Draw your organizational chart and

pinpoint your position.

Personality Traits of
Successful Managers
Attitude

If you think you can, you can. And if you think

you cant, you cant!
Winners never quit, quitters never win.

Personality Traits of
Successful Managers

Loyalty

Be loyal to yourself, your people, and your company.

Personality Traits of
Successful Managers
Perfection
- Dont settle for less than 100% from
yourself, people you care about, and
your employees.
- When you do it, just do it right.

Personality Traits of Successful

Managers
Eye

for details

- The eye behind your eye

- Your subconsciouss secret
scanner
- See the trees in the forest

Personality Traits of
Successful Managers

Honesty

Honesty leads to trust, trust leads to belief,

belief leads to dedication.

Personality Traits of Successful

Managers
Organized

Organize your mind

-

Organize your
workspace

Experience is not what happens to you but

what you make of what happens to you.
Aldus Huxley

Basic Skills in Management

Delegation
The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make
assignments and picking the right people to carry out those
assignments.
Lee Iacocca

Basic Skills in Management

Delegation

Micro vs. Macro management.

What to delegate.

Whom to delegate to.

Trust, but verify.

Basic Skills in Management

Problem solving & Decision making

Define
Analyze
Propose
Select
Implement
Evaluate

Basic Skills in Management

Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis

Visual Management

Workplace

layout and

design.
Management

by

walking around.

Basic Skills in Management

Coordinating/controlling
Man
Material
Machine
Time
Information

Basic Skills in Management

Communication skills

Verbal
Listening
Body

Language

Written

Basic Skills in Management

Motivating for results Exercise:

Write down 5 things that:
- Motivate you.
- Discourage you.

Basic Skills in Management

Motivating for results

Yourself
Others
What
How

Managing Performance

You can take my factories, burn up my buildings,

but give me my people and Ill build the business
right back again.
Henry Ford

Managing Performance

Job description and duties

Functions
Responsibilities
Authority
Span of influence
Reporting to

Managing Performance

Efficiency is doing things right.

Effectiveness is doing the right things.

Managing Performance
Training
Repetition brings familiarity, and familiarity is the opposite of the
unknown.
Steven Levenkron

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2006

Managing Performance

Training
Importance
Fairness
Career Killer
Planned
Practical
Monitor
Update

Managing Performance
Resources

- Give your people all the

tools they need to
succeed.
- Find new resources to
improve performance.

Managing Performance
Goal setting

- Challenging goals
improve productivity
- Collaborative
- Deadline
- Reward
- Continuous

Managing Performance

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the
deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will
stand by you even unto death.
Sun Tzus Art of War

Managing Performance
Empowering

- Micro Vs. Macro

Management.
- Authorize give power.
- No delegation without
power.

Managing Performance

Developing

- Self

and team Knowledge.

Develop and advance.

Continuous development.

Managing Performance
Appraising

No surprises.

Continuous.

Verbal.

Training period.

- Annual/Semiannual.

Leaders: Born or Made?

Leaders are born to be made

Fahmi Abdein

Becoming a Great Manager

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true
or becomes true.
John Lilly

Becoming a Great Manager

Know yourself.
Love what you do.
Learn by doing.
Roll-up your sleeves.
Knowledge is power.
Practice, practice, practice.
Persistence pays.
Be clear.
Be consistent.
Be accessible.

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2006

Its NOT what you say, its

HOW you say it.
Be fair.
Keep your promises.
Motivate & Reward.
Reprimand.
If you dont know it, ask about
it.
Accept criticism.
Find, and train your
replacement.

Know Yourself
Exercise
On a piece of paper, write down 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses you have.

Know Yourself
Believe

it or not, you
do have weaknesses.
First step to recovery
is acknowledgement!
Do not put yourself in
unbearable
situations.
Continuously do an
inventory.

Love What You Do

You must love it in order to
succeed in it

Learn By Doing
Turn

knowledge to practice.
Keep doing it until you perfect it.

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2006

Roll-up Your Sleeves

Hands

on management.
If you are not willing to do it yourself
dont ask it from someone else.

Roll-up Your Sleeves

The power of the presence of a leader
among followers .
Just being there

Knowledge Is Power

Practice, Practice, Practice

Perfect
Practice makes
perfect.

Persistence Pays

When the
going gets
tough;
the tough
get going

Powerlessness
is a state
of mind

The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general
cultivates his resources.
Sun Tzus Art of War

Be Clear
Be

straight forward.

Dont

leave any chance

for misinterpretation.
Make

sure that you were

clearly understood.

Be Consistent
Consistent

behavior.
Equal treatment.
No surprises.

Its NOT What You Say, Its

HOW You Say It

Be Fair
Treat others the way you would like to
be treated

Keep Your Promises

Respect

is earned, not given.

Your actions speak louder than you
words.

Motivate & Reward

Clear reward system.

In public.

Always celebrate success.

Reprimand

Poor performance.

In private.

What would they do?

If You Dont Know It, Ask

About It

No one knows it all.

Ignorance isnt not knowing, rather its not asking for knowledge

Make them feel good.

Be Accessible
Always

be available to help your

team.
Open door policy.

Accept Criticism

Even the best managers make mistakes.

Dont take it personally.

Find, And Train Your

Replacement

Excellence is a State of Mind

Make the decision to: Never again do
anything that is not EXCELLENT