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4 Effective Management Tips for Young Business Leaders
Dealing with young managers is great. I can spot the anxiety, nervousness and stress of inexperience like a mask of fear, mostly because I was once in their shoes.
I was not a “natural leader” early in my career, I was lucky to have managers believe in me and give me opportunities through promotions. During these times, while transitioning from a subordinate into a management role, I made my fair share of embarrassing mistakes — more than I care to recount.
When young managers are promoted and thrust into a leadership role, missteps will happen. It is challenging to lead a team or department full of people who may be older or were once your equal colleagues.
The first thing I tell these young leaders is to find a mentor, someone with much more experience and who will be an objective but brutally honest sounding board for you.
When I mentor young leaders, here are four simple priorities we discuss from the start.
1. Asses Your Environment
Analyzing a department or a team from the outside, as a manager, is much different than understanding it from the inside as a colleague. For instance, using deprecating humor was fun when you all went to happy hour after work, but now that you are a manager, this approach…
