We’ve identified several key skills, behaviors and style of the highly effective manager as a coach.

Personal Balance A great manager starts with a strong person. Are you in good emotional shape? Physical? Do you know who you are, what you most want and where you are along your path of development? If not, use a coach to get this stuff handled.

High Productivity High productivity is not a mystery; it simply requires a commitment and the tools, training and resources to make it happen, naturally.

Self-Management If you don’t manage yourself, how do you expect anyone else to?

Communication We know who people are by the way they communicate and relate with us. Learn advanced communication skills Healthy Boundaries Everyone wants and needs things from you. But you become a victim unless you protect yourself. Every company needs managers with strong boundaries. Don’t be afraid to develop yours.

Take Initiative Companies desperately need managers to take initiative and become “intrapreneurs” so that the firm can continue to create and stay ahead of the curve. This takes practice and willingness.

Manage “Up” It’s okay to help your manager to manage you better. This process is called managing up.

Team Work Nothing worth doing is worth doing alone. Teams are the answer.

Fast Track Your Career Path Either you’re designing your career or the circumstances are. For the last two decades, many managers have become coaches for their staff and employees. The role of the manager has changed. As humans have matured, computers become commonplace and companies downsized, right sized and cut expenses; managers are expected to do more – with less.

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A team is incredibly important as you walk along your path.  You may reap the benefits of success in your world, but you don’t get there alone.  The fallacy of the “self-made man” is just that—because everyone is influenced directly and indirectly by scores of people.  Let’s look at a list of those involved:

• Parents:  if they were there to raise you, they had the greatest influence on your life.  Feelings of love and security are established early—as early as birth.  Children who have parents who love, care for, and protect them gain enormously both psychologically and physiologically.
• Teachers:  chances are there is a teacher who has made an impression on you that you remember to this day.  Positive or negative, there are teachers in our lives who have the power to mold us and shape us.  Sometimes we choose paths in response to a negative example a teacher has left us; more often than not, we choose paths that are due to the positive influence they’ve left in our lives.
• Friends:  the happiest and most successful people tend to have a wide range of friends from different walks of life.  They encourage us, lift us up, and are part of an inextricable support system in our lives.
• Mentors:  smart people who truly desire success find mentors that will walk with them as they traverse their road.  Mentors can point out pitfalls and potholes in the road that we might otherwise miss, and their experience and willingness to teach us is an invaluable gift.

• Spiritual Leaders:  ministers, priests, rabbis, pastors, etc., are in an amazing position to contribute positively and significantly in your life.  Their ability to see past the circumstances and share life and light is unparalleled.  Having a spiritual leader doesn’t guarantee that you’ll never feel despair, but it does guarantee that you won’t have to go through the dark times alone.

Just as you have a team as you work towards success, you can be a part of someone else’s team as well.  Be a friend to someone who is just starting out on the road to success—encourage them, mentor them (if appropriate), and commit to be there for them when they need you.  Do the right thing (remember your integrity), and have compassion in all situations.  You’ll build your team and your success as you do these things!

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