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For success, the conduct of managers is vital. It affects managers themselves, employees, as well as the organization.

Whether you’re in a business or nonprofit seeking success, it’s important for employees to be dedicated and participate at a high level.

Typically, most employees want to do their best. Even so, expert management guidance is crucial.

Here’s how:

1. Vision as starting point

Managers must have a vision for success, and adequately explain their expectations to employees in how they carry out their duties.

Managers can’t effectively supervise employees until they understand themselves — they need to adequately evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses as managers.

2. Self indentification

Managers can’t effectively supervise employees until they understand themselves — they need to adequately evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses as managers.

Their next steps should include honing their own strengths, eliminating their weaknesses, setting personal goals for success, and taking appropriate action. Only then will they be fully qualified to manage others.

3. Human relations

Good managers then learn to astutely observe their employees’ behaviors and interactions. Why? Managers must be capable of understanding employees — their expectations, motivations and solving conflict.

In other words, identifying employees’ needs and whenever possible fulfilling them for enhanced employee motivation. That sets the stage for higher employee productivity.

4. Workplace environment

Managers must create an environment for employees to be successful.

This is only possible when they satisfy the needs of employees such as physiological, self-actualization, and a sense of belonging as team members.

Physiological needs include insuring a sense of well-being, as well as security and protection against bullying.

Self-actualization occurs when each employee fully realizes his or her potential’s status and reputation.

For employees to attain a sense of belonging, they must be able to create meaningful relationships with fellow team members.

Such a work environment enhances the manager’s ability for maximum employee motivation.

5. Management effectiveness

To be able to motivate employees, managers must meet individual needs of workers enroute to a positive workplace environment which lead to employee loyalty to the organization.

How? By leading by example. Leadership style is important.

Great managers try to avoid becoming too autocratic by dramatically imposing decisions without proper groundwork.

Ideally, managers are democratic by taking into account input from employees before imposing decisions. But that doesn’t mean allowing employees to take too many actions without proper guidance.

Stellar managers show integrity, communicate well, explain clear objectives, inspire staff members, recognize good employee performance, expect excellent work, and show employees how to best help the organization without focusing solely on their own self interests.

The result: Employees enjoy a sense of trust from managers and achieve high performance.

Conclusion

Managers must understand employees’ needs, develop morale and trust by explaining the vision, providing motivation and making it possible for employees to perform well. If employees are motivated and feel appreciated, morale is high, in turn managers are respected and organizations benefit.

Everybody wins, right?

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