Management by not getting in the way
5/21/07 posted by petermassey at 2:49 PM
I met Henry Stewart, CEO of Happy, an IT training firm that has won numerous awards for being what it says on the tin. What a nice bloke. With 50 employees, they have a waiting list of 2000 people to join and are top ten in the FT top companies to work for apparently.
His secret goes back to MBGITW – management by getting in the way. He did a great exercise to make you think about it. Try it:
What do you think is most important to do when you are managing?
Think about when specifically you did your best work
What did your manager do when you did your best work? (Most common answer – nothing, they got out of the way!)
So what should you do when you’re a manager and want to get the most out of your people?
Scary thought eh?
His secret goes back to MBGITW – management by getting in the way. He did a great exercise to make you think about it. Try it:
What do you think is most important to do when you are managing?
Think about when specifically you did your best work
What did your manager do when you did your best work? (Most common answer – nothing, they got out of the way!)
So what should you do when you’re a manager and want to get the most out of your people?
Scary thought eh?
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