How to Find the Highly Successful Managers In Your Organisation

Late last year I was presenting a workshop for the senior managers of a major organisation.

Whilst doing a pre-workshop survey to assess the challenges these managers were experiencing it became very apparent to me that many of them were showing the signs of business burn-out. And it was no wonder why. They were suffering from 'Priority Problems'. Quite simply they were making the mistake of doing the urgent rather than the important tasks.

They were working extremely long hours, with no time for themselves or the people in their lives. Their offices and departments were cluttered as was their communication as a consequence. This meant that they had difficulty communicating effectively with team members and, worse still with their families. Naturally this had a huge impact on the morale and productivity of their teams and the bottom line. What it did on the home front was even worse!

And yet overcoming Priority Problems is pretty easy. All you have to do is look at what the highly successful managers in your organisation do and model their behaviour.

In my experience from dealing with many managers, I have found that there are

Five Secrets of Highly Successful Managers:

1. Highly successful managers in any organisation are great role models
   They practice what they preach.

2. Highly successful managers invest time and money in their team and themselves
   They develop their people and themselves through education and coaching.

3. Highly successful managers know that organisation is the key to their success
   They know how to manage their time and have systems in place which enables them and their team to work on the important issues.

4. Highly successful managers are fit and healthy
   They understand that a healthy mind and body improves their productivity and general well-being.

5. Highly successful managers have a life
   They make time for their personal life a priority because they know by having a balance makes them a happier and more successful manager.

The result of putting these secrets into action is pretty simple. Highly successful mangers get their priorities about people, work and home right! They live longer and enjoy life more .They know that by doing the right thing by themselves, they become more valuable to the organisation they work for.

Lorraine Pirihi

PS As soon as you become a manager, your key role is to manage people.  This is a skill that needs to be learned and continually developed… and if you are prepared to invest time and money into being an effective manager you will enjoy the benefits of your efforts.  If you really need some help, or want to take your management skills to the next level, check out the book “How to be a Masterful Manager”. This instantly downloadable book has heaps of practical, easy-to-implement ideas to accelerate your leadership abilities and to help you be the best manager you can be.

Lorraine Pirihi is Australia's No. 1 Productivity Coach.  She's also a dynamic presenter and a leading business and life coach. Her business The Office Organiser specialises in showing small business owners and managers, how to get organised at work so they can have a life! Lorraine is also a dynamic speaker and has produced many products including "How to Survive and Thrive at Work!"

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