Management Style

One of the hardest things about management is getting people to see your vision, to conform to your thinking. You don't simply want to tell people what to do and have them complete the task, but you want them to not only complete the task but see the vision and take the necessary steps to achieve the vision. Therefore, when hiring staff, you hire like minded people. When taking a new leadership position with current employees, you work with your staff to get them to conform to your thinking. Either way you gain a leadership position, it takes adjustment on both parties.

However, as management are we too focused on the way they think instead of how they think? Do we want people to think like us or people who see the same vision but might think to achieve it differently? As management, we want to retain the vision but remain open to the strategies and techniques that might differ from our own. Management growth is dependent on the strength of the team as well as the direction of leadership. Strengthen the strengths and develop the weaknesses. Get people to that same page, but don't knock their strengths in order to get them there.