10 Success Secrets of Great Managers
What do great managers do? This leadership training video will answer that question by sharing ten success secrets of great managers. These secrets come from managers in the “guts” of an organization not the corner office. Most noteworthy, the middle managers always have a more significant effect on business results than any CEO. Therefore, their performance is a critical success factor in a company.
During our research over the last decade, these secrets became apparent. We have worked with 200 companies comprising over 500,000 managers and six million employees. Our study involved clients in action, and the latest industry data. Guess what? Any supervisor, team leader, manager or executive can learn the strategies. However, it requires change, and diligence to become a lifelong learner.
The secrets are published in out book, Superstar Leadership. As a result, we created the Superstar Leadership Model as a way to remember and apply the principles.
10 Success Secrets of Great Managers
- Clear goals and expectations
- Communicate, communicate, communicate
- Training
- Recognition
- Coaching
- Leadership flexibility
- Continuous improvement
- Hire the best people
- Promotions and incentives
Lead with integrity
Each of these require education and training to understand the details. When applied effectively the secrets energize better employee performance and engagement. Integrity ties all of them together. Consequently, without ethics, managers won’t execute them well. Without trust the team won’t excel. With it, the possibilities for breakthrough performance is incredible.
Certainly, most managers do some of these strategies some of the time. We have to remember according to research, over 80% are failing. Great managers do these in consistently with one another time and time again. Managers that sustain their efforts, achieve superior outcomes.
If you are a manager, take advantage of the principles in this “how to” leadership video. Read our book, and take one of our coaching programs. Or, study other leadership material, just keep learning. Consider, if you want your team to be better, you have to be a better leader.
John F. Kennedy said, “Learning and leadership are indispensable to one another.” Within few months to a year, you will be glad you did. You will accelerate your results. Your team will be delighted. You will find more enjoyment and satisfaction in your career. Consequently, this sounds like a recipe for success, doesn’t it?
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