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If you are like most of us, you feel great when you step into a management role. You are full of hope and enthusiasm and feel that you are going to be really successful. A few months later, you are finding it a real struggle. Why is this and what can you do about it?

You have not made the shift in your mind

• I sometimes tell people that they need to promote themselves first in the mind. By that I mean to mentally step into the new role. If you don’t, you stay stuck doing what you always did.

You don’t make time for managing

• What probably got you promoted was your ability to get lots of things done. The trouble is that managing is all about getting results through others. If you don’t make the time for managing, people will think you are not interested in them and disengage.

You don’t believe in yourself

• We all have doubts from time to time. However, you need to remember that those who appointed you had belief in you and your abilities.

You try to please everyone

• It’s tempting to fall into this trap and, if we are honest, it is probably a trap that every manager has fallen into at some point. Accept that you will take decisions from time to time that won’t please everyone.

You avoid the difficult stuff

• Sometimes you will have performance issues with teams or individuals. You have two choices: ignore or do something about it. Avoiding the difficult stuff is never a good strategy in my experience.

The reality is that some simple changes can greatly change the results you achieve as a manager.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

Trait 1:
• Being a control freak and needing to be involved in everything.

Trait 2:

• Not clearly setting out your expectations of others.

Trait 3:

• Avoiding taking action and procrastinating excessively before taking decisions.

Trait 4:

• Passing the buck when things go wrong rather than taking responsibility.

Trait 5:

• Not giving feedback to others on how they are doing.

Trait 6:

• Dealing with performance issues publicly rather than privately.

Trait 7:

• Not following up when you have asked someone to deliver something.

What else would you add to the list?

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here