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Originally Posted by Northendzone
while i am not a supervior, and likely enver will be - the following advice may be useless - but i would suggest thinking about how you would like to be managed and trying to manage that way
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It's not 'useless' advice, really. But it's not terribly applicable advice. For an overall sort of management STYLE, sure, think of how you'd like to be managed and try to go with that.
But you are managing people, and they all have different ways they need to be managed. You may need to be the 'hard@$$' with one guy, riding his butt constantly to ensure best performance, while another employee is a soft touch where a small suggestion can work wonders. You may have an employee who breaks down with any criticism at all, so you need to figure out how to handle that and correct them while still getting the work out of the them. You may have someone who's a 'creative dreamer', and they'll run wild with an idea....while you have to reign them back in. All of them require a different approach from you, their manager.
I have, personally, rarely found managing easy, but when you hit that spot and get all the 'parts' working together well...it's pretty dang rewarding, too.