5 Questions to Ask Yourself as a Manager By Arthur Cooper (c) Copyright 2005 Here are five questions you should ask yourself if you are a manager. Only if you can say ‘Yes’ to them all can you be sure of being on
right track.
1.Are you in control?
This question concerns what you and your team are doing, not your status in team. You are giving orders and they are receiving them, that is true. But real meaning of this question lies elsewhere.
The real question to ask is this. Are you just reacting to events as they occur or are you directing them? Are you solving problems as they happen or are you anticipating and avoiding them? In other words, are you reactive or proactive?
To achieve more, to be more effective, and to end up with results you want you need to be proactive. As a side effect you will at same time dramatically reduce your level of stress.
2.Are you sure of your goals?
Do you know where you and your team are headed? Are you sure of what you should be doing? Do you really know what you are trying to achieve? If you don’t know it is a certainty that your team doesn’t know either.
Find out. Decide for yourself. Remove all doubts. Be one hundred percent sure.
3.Is your team with you?
Do you have to drag your team with you where you want them to go or are they willing to follow your lead? Have you convinced them that your way is best? Are they motivated? Indeed, are you yourself sufficiently keen, motivated, and enthusiastic for it to show and to rub off onto your team?
If you do need re-motivating and firing up, or if your team does then it is your job as manager to see that it is done.
