Whatever happened to managing with an iron hand

Have we gotten too soft?  When did a PowerPoint presentation replace communicating face-to-face?  It's time for action, not more words and presentations.  After months and months of failure you want to get everyone on the same page follow these simple steps.   

1. Create a clear and understandable vision of where the business is going. This is called Strategy.
2. Explain to people what their roles in this wonderful vision are. These are called goals and objectives. 
3. Hold people accountable to do their jobs. Help them when they get stuck. This is your job as a manager.

 But for those of you that need to hang something on the wall to memorialize the fact that you do more in your office than what everyone else thinks. 

Here is a list of the values that you should be hanging up:

1. I hold myself and others accountable.
2. I ask for help when I need it not after I have failed. 
3. I offer help to those I see struggling and if I am offered help I graciously accept it. 
4. There are NO surprises. I set the expectations and then manage myself, my team, and upper management to that expectation.  I will never be faulted for over communicating.

And please stop thinking that just because you put your thoughts on a PowerPoint presentation or in a memo that anyone read it or understands it.  Let’s get back to looking people in the eye, exciting them about the journey and telling them what is expected of them.

Write to me and let me know your thoughts...

 Oh, and TFNP