As I see it, when you become a manager, you really need to dial-in how you act and communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you move up into management, there’s no way you can talk to someone, who was once a peer co-worker, the same way now that you’re in charge of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You’re in a whole different type of relationship now. You’re in charge of directing and getting the work moved forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we need to focus on that and tweak our talk a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s an example –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a difference between saying “how’s it going<\/em>?” and saying how’s it going with and name something specific. For instance, “how’s it going with the load?<\/em> (or cleaning the case, or making today’s salads?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latter is more focused, specific and implies moving the work forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just that small tweak can really keep the work on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s another one-<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We have 2 people out today, what a hassle, do what you can.<\/em>” Maybe change that around to – “We have 2 people out today, what’s your thoughts on how we can get the load done?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bam<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you have a dynamic conversation going that can roll into possibilities for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s so many of these little changes you can make in your communication with staff that can make a big difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I actually think it’s fun to come up with them. Think of a statement and change it around a bit to focus and energize it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s those little day-to-day habits that compound and make managing an uplifting and rewarding experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I see it, when you become a manager, you really need to dial-in how you act and communicate. If you move up into management, there’s no way you can talk to someone, who was once a peer co-worker, the same way now that you’re in charge of them. You’re in a whole different type […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n If you move up into management, there's no way you can talk to someone, who was once a peer co-worker, the same way now that you're in charge of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You're in a whole different type of relationship now. You're in charge of directing and getting the work moved forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So we need to focus on that and tweak our talk a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here's an example -<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a difference between saying \"how's it going<\/em>?\" and saying how's it going with and name something specific. For instance, \"how's it going with the load?<\/em> (or cleaning the case, or making today's salads?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latter is more focused, specific and implies moving the work forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just that small tweak can really keep the work on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here's another one-<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We have 2 people out today, what a hassle, do what you can.<\/em>\" Maybe change that around to - \"We have 2 people out today, what's your thoughts on how we can get the load done?\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bam<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you have a dynamic conversation going that can roll into possibilities for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There's so many of these little changes you can make in your communication with staff that can make a big difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I actually think it's fun to come up with them. Think of a statement and change it around a bit to focus and energize it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It's those little day-to-day habits that compound and make managing an uplifting and rewarding experience.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[3],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2070","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-m2m"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2075,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2070\/revisions\/2075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
As I see it, when you become a manager, you really need to dial-in how you act and communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n