The Four Skills You Need To Be an Effective Manager

Good advice from Ian Beacon on “4 Steps to Effective Performance Management“:

• Effective performance management including setting goals, giving and receiving feedback, writing performance appraisals, and providing motivation
• Identify and reward top performers – and no, the difference between a 3% and a 4.5% raise doesn’t cut it.
• Address and resolve poor performance – yes, this is hard. If you can’t learn how to do this then stop fooling yourself and stop being a manager. You’re certainly not fooling anybody else.
• Encourage continual feedback – also known as open and honest (but not derogatory) communication. See the previous bullet.