Our Management Training Workshops

By introducing our Management Training workshops to your staff we help ease the negative effect of change on both managerial and supervisory personnel. The change in job responsibilities, the change in personnel, job duties, and the rising challenge of developing subordinates are specific goals of our learning systems workshops. We are highly successful at helping Managers and Supervisors learn and adapt to the necessary skills and proper behaviors to be successful at work as well as in their personal lives.

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Management Training:
Effective Management Workshop - It's Not Micromanagement If You Need To Get It Done Right

After more than three decades working in, and advising not-for-profit organizations, perhaps the most frustrating and irritating comment, and to me, the most irrational at times, is when I hear individuals in Management positions either accusing others of micromanaging, or saying that they do not wish to micromanage.

I want to state, in no uncertain terms, that, in the vast majority of cases, these individuals do not even understand either proper management, basic organizational Management, or what micromanaging really is. To me, it is only micromanaging if a leader takes a disproportionate time reviewing irrelevant minutia that he can be certain that someone else can handle properly and / or adequately. However, the major challenge is generally locating someone who a leader can be certain will actually perform the "job" properly. Because many of these "minor" details becoming "building blocks" for an important objective, improper handling of these details often can derail the "bigger picture."

Obviously, a good and effective leader does not get bogged down in minor details. Yet, the most effective leaders agree with Harry Truman's "The buck stops here," philosophy of Management. I have become convinced that many inadequate leaders use the term "micromanagement" and enjoy delegating to others, simply to cover themselves, and to have the ability to say that someone else was responsible for this. Effective leaders realize that to delegate something to someone who you are uncertain is prepared, capable, or truly understands the task that needs to be done or accomplished, is Management neglect. Effective leaders must understand that while others may object to what they refer to as "micromanagement," it is a Management necessity to always make sure that everything is handled the best way for an organization. One of the biggest challenges that occur regarding delegating, is that less experienced and knowledgeable individuals, although often well intentioned and doing their best, do not have either the skill set, the experience, the expertise, or are unable to recognize all the potential ramifications.

I have also come to believe that it probably is not these "leaders" fault. Most organizations do not correctly identify or qualify potential leaders. They then often claim to have a management training program, yet the programs almost invariably are inconsistent from year to year, and are often more rhetoric and cliche, than Management technique oriented.

I have met very few "born leaders." I am proud to say I have had the opportunity to train and develop numerous individuals who went on to be terrific and effective leaders.

Richard Brody: link

Subject: Management Workshop