This will be a short piece but I will like to give an insight to my friends and followers on this platform on my navigation from nuggets on managing your boss to nuggets on managing people which includes stakeholders at work.
In any place where you work, you need people management skills.
I have been writing on Boss Management nuggets for almost a year and my reasons for starting that conversation can be found here (see link). However, many misunderstood my writings because they saw the nuggets as promoting a slave master relationship at work. Some even reached out to me to say I must be a bad boss because of the tone of the nuggets I share. On the other hand, people forgot that whenever there is a power dynamic, someone is always having a greater leverage and the person with the less power will need to be more tactful and circumspect so as not to become a victim of power.
Some admonished me to write about how leaders should manage their team members and my response has always been that many more people suffer from their inability to manage their bosses than bosses who suffer from their inability to manage their team members.
The reason is simple: the person with the less power is the one who suffers more in any power play. I have devoted a good number of time to share how to manage your boss. In the next few months, I will like to share how to manage your team members. I will be sharing nuggets that will make you a leader that will always be remembered by his team members. I will be sharing nuggets that will make you leave a legacy as a leader in any position you may find yourself.
People are assets and they should be well cared for. When you see your team members as valuable partners, you will have a different approach to the way and manner you treat them. People are not things that should be pushed around. They are creatures of emotions and that should be put into consideration in your leadership style. People have feelings and they can get hurt. They must not be treated like machines. They are human.
Theodore Roosevelt said, “people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”. Show your team members that you care about them and they will dazzle you with their results. There is the law of cause and effect. Show care to your team members and you will see your team members care passionately about you and your performance.
If you treat your team members like animals, they will behave to you in a cosmetic manner. They show you that they care but something else is going on in their minds. Many leaders are in this position today. What they enjoy is their positional power. They lack personal power. These and many more I will be putting out in the next few months.
Boss management & People Management