First posting for over 2 weeks – courtesy of a family holiday – with no laptop!
I have been reading Drucker, again, and found another really useful set of questions for managers to ask of themselves. They are also the kind of questions that you should be able to answer for each of your team members. You might consider exploring them in your 121s.
- What is your task?
- What should it be?
- What should you be expected to contribute?
- What hampers you in doing your task and could it be avoided?
- What are your strengths?
- How do you work most effectively? (Think about the personal style you bring to the work you’re doing. Are you best with a team or by yourself? Do you like structure or are you better at playing it by ear? Do you work well with the predictable or the chaotic?)
- What are your values? Are you in the right place to express your values through your work?
- Where do you belong? – What kind of work environment suits you best?
This is all about clarifying roles, contributions and opportunities for development and improvement.
All meat and drink to the Progressive Manager.