What kind of manager are you?

Do you realize that your actions speak loudly as to what kind of person/manager you are?

It seems as if there is information everywhere. It seems as if anyone can become famous (in some way). We’ve been taught that everyone is supposed to achieve great things. Does this seem a little frantic or out of control to you?

Now I’ll address what I feel are the 3 basic types of managers. It may be a surprise to you but I am not addressing this just from a business perspective. I state that up front because to some degree we all manage our lives. So here they are;

• The Amateur is unskilled in what they are trying to accomplish. They expect that things will work out, no matter how little they have educated themselves in the subject matter or how little time they spend in doing the activity.
• The Agonizer is as you can tell is stressed all the time. They need to have things the way they want it – otherwise they are upset, and with them being upset they make all the people around them uneasy.
• The Leader is the person who knows what he or she wants to get done. The key trait with the Leader is that they lead, they don’t bully people into helping them get what needs to be done – done. They know how to influence others in wonderful and polite ways.

Please remember what John C. Maxwell stated; “If we desire to grow and reach our potential, we must pay more attention to our character than our success.”

Here are some character traits that you need to understand in working with a leader or being a leader. Great leaders have;

1. a clear vision and purpose and communicate it
2. a strong belief in being transparent
3. empathy
4. an inspirational way of living
5. a strong belief in being accountable
6. strong decision-making abilities, and
7. they can laugh at the most difficult situations.

Back in the early 1980’s I heard this poem, and I have kept it close to me ever since, it was written by Douglas Maloch; and is called; Be the Best of Whatever You Are.
If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley — but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.

If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the grass,
Some highway happier make;
If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass –
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew;
There’s something for all of us here.
There’s big work to do, and there’s lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail;
If you can’t be the sun, be a star;
It isn’t by size that you win or you fail –
Be the best of whatever you are!

As I close, I have one question for you;

What is one way that you can become a better leader in your own life in 2020?