Skills That Managers Need to Master

Business - Business Skills

By: imogenrayne 09-Mar-2011

Introduction:

Managers have five skills that they should master, in order to become an effective leader in their chosen career. Basically, a manager has many responsibilities to accomplish each day from handling customers or writing memos to employees. Each of the skills listed below is vital to the success of the business or the organization.

Becoming a Leader

A manager is the leader of a team, whether it is small or large. They will be responsible for leading their team to success. Each manager must become a strong leader, who can motivate their employees to complete their job assignment.

Communication Skills

Believe it or not, communication skills are vital to understanding and working with employees. Learning how to write memos or answer telephones in a business manner is the way to grow your business. Creating ad campaigns and dealing with the customers will be vital to the manager.

Listening Skills

The business will fail, if the managers are not listening to the staff or its customers. So, a manager should practice listening as well as understanding what is being said by the staff or the consumer. Additionally, the manager's listening skills will make or break the company's growth.

Writing Skills

Another vital skill is to learn is how to write in a clear and concise manner. This way, the employees understand the memos and e-mail, which managers must send to them each day. With typos and other mistakes, the employees may misunderstand the communication that was sent by the manager.

People Skills

People skills should be mastered by all managers, since this skill will help manager relate to those who they work with and serve daily. This valuable skill will help them relate to customers and the staff in positive ways. Furthermore, they can help the business become successful by allowing their skills to help lure people to the business.

Final Thoughts

Every skill listed above will help a manager learn how to motivating his or her employees. In addition, the manager should make the customers and the staff feel satisfied with his or her service. These skills will help the manager become a better leader. Therefore, the manager will help the business continue growing by enhancing these five skills.

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tiffanyharris976 8/22/2011
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Ahh, so true. Communication skills is perhaps most vital of the five- I've found that poor communication with my team leads to very bad things. I tend to use a lot of the advice from "Moxie for Managers" by Ann Tardy - http://www.lifemoxie.com
It's been useful to me!
goodselfme 3/19/2011
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Great list of management skills to have in any business.Somehow there is often fewer of these seen.
ladym33 3/14/2011
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Very true, these are 5 skills my last boss didn't have at all.
JennyHeart 3/14/2011
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WOW! You nailed this list!
AkbarTheTentmaker 3/10/2011
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Of course, all of these skills fly out the window, when it comes to the food industry.
Thorgrym 3/10/2011
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Good points!