How to Be a Manager: A Guide for Success and Profits for Managers and Leaders in These Difficult Times

By Min Binning

The managerial position in most companies is the most coveted position to have. Once you’ve moved to this level of employment, there’s no turning back. But, being a manager and being good at it are two different things. Not all people are manager material and good management is hard to find in today’s world and economy. As a manager, it’s your responsibility to ensure that you are the leader that a company can depend on and that your employees will respect. “How To Be A Manager” explores every aspect of being a good manager. You’ll learn how to be a leader that others will follow, how to hire the best employees, how to deal with employee issues, how to balance your work and personal lives and much more. Learning to be a good manager is vital to your career and How To Be A Manager will provide you with the core skills and information you need to succeed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Min Binning
• Release date: Jul 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476215457

Min Binning

As a hands-on father, business operator, investor, and writer, Min Binning is redefining the idea of the modern man. Min's wife, a busy Doctor, spends much of her day at work, leaving Min to look after their sons, but Min is much more than your average Mister Mom. When he is not busy raising his boys to be responsible little men, Min is involved in several businesses, chairman of his families charitable foundation, has written numerous books and stays sharp by taking continuing education courses.Min has empowered people to achieve peak performance in business, sales, money, teams, relationships and life. He is a co-founder and Director of Kuflink Group Plc, a Bridging and Peer to Peer Investment company. He has helped his own team leaders and local businesses to experience unparalleled personal and financial growth, return on investment and overall happiness. Mins story started when he achieved success by opening several businesses in Hamley's toy store, London. After three further years of success, he then encountered failure in his businesses and all the pain that came with it. He subscribed to many courses and coaching by Tony Robbins, T Harv Eker, Kevin Green, Andy Harrington, and took inspiration from Richard Branson, Sir Alan Sugar and many others. He learned his lessons and went on to a mission to help others not to befall the same fate personally and in business which is very closely related. Now Min is successfully working in the Kuflink Group which consists of a bridging financing company and a peer to peer platform which has won many awards in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Min is also successfully running a property portfolio, and carrying out multiple property developments.As an author, Min has already published three books and has two more in the works. Published books are About to be a Dad - Father to be Guide to Pregnancy; How to be a Manager in these difficult times and; Time management secrets. Although his wife is a successful doctor, she's not the only well-educated family member. Min earned his law degree from Buckingham University, where he graduated second in the year, and in 2019 completed his Legal Practice Course and Masters in Law in The University of Law - LondonMin, with his family, also set up The Kuflink Foundation in 2008. This charity foundation was created to help children in Gravesham, Kent, UK, to stay away from drugs and alcohol and encourage them to use their creative talents in sports, art, etc. The family has contributed over £300,000.00 to buy and refurbish the local county court in Gravesend, Kent, UK.Min's proudest accomplishment isn't his law degree or charity foundation but rather his two boys. He is a father to two very bright sons who constantly challenge him to be the best father he can be. Currently, he is teaching his boys the importance of saving money and has encouraged them to save in different jars. He is also instilling the idea of perseverance and teaching them the importance of practising something every day until they get better.

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How to Be a Manager

By Min Binning

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Good Management is Hard to Find

What Will You Learn in This Book?

CHAPTER 1 -THE FIRST DAYS OF BEING A MANAGER

What is the Manager’s Ultimate Goal?

Working as a Manager Requires People Skills

The First Days as a Manager

What Must New Managers Be Able to Do?

CHAPTER 2 - HOW TO BE A LEADER OTHERS WANT TO FOLLOW

What is Forward Thinking?

Results Now

Are Managers and Leaders the Same Thing?

Some Tips for Great Leadership

Confident

Optimistic

Decisive

Ethical

CHAPTER 3 - MONITORING PERFORMANCE WITHOUT RESORTING TO THE DREADED MICROMANAGING

What is Micromanaging?

How to Tell if You are a Micromanager

What Should Good Managers Do?

No More Micromanagement

Understand the Dangers of Micromanaging Your Team

CHAPTER 4 - HIRING - HIRE THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION

Step One for Hiring a New Employee: The Job Description

Step Two for Hiring a New Employee: Post the Job

Step Three for Hiring a New Employee: Review the Responses

Step Four for Hiring a New Employee: Create a List of Questions

Step Five for Hiring a New Employee: The Interview

(Optional) Step Six for Hiring a New Employee: Social Media

Traits of Good Employees

Your Candidates

CHAPTER 5 - SET GOALS FOR YOUR TEAM

Know Your Goals and Come Up with the Plans

Think of Your Plans Like a Roadmap to the Goals

Reasons to Set Goals

Things to Remember with Goals

CHAPTER 6 - CREATING BETTER EMPLOYEES WITH MENTORING

Things are Different Today

Training and Mentoring are Different

What Does Employee Mentoring Do for You?

How to Develop Employees with Mentoring: A Simple Approach

Simple Ways to Encourage Employees to Do Better

Being a Coach

Help Employees to Help Yourself

CHAPTER 7 - HOW TO DO EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS FAIRLY

Why Do People Hate Performance Evaluations?

Why Evaluations are a Good Idea

Evaluations Can Be On-going

What Should You Provide?

Are the Evaluations Fair?

Keep It Legit

CHAPTER 8 - DELEGATE TO STAY ON TOP OF TASKS

Top Reasons Managers Fear Delegation

Delegation is Good for You

Delegation is Good for the Employees Too

Things to Consider When Delegating

Which Tasks Should You Delegate and Which Should You Keep?

Delegation Doesn’t Have to Be Frightening

CHAPTER 9 - KEEP ABREAST OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND HELP RESISTANT EMPLOYEES LEARN TO EMBRACE TECH

New Tech Changes Business

Understanding the Benefits of Technology and Automation as a Managerch9s3

Problems with Technology in the Workplace

Work Tech Might Invade Your Life

Use Tech Wisely

Resistance is Futile

CHAPTER 10 - MANAGING OFFSITE EMPLOYEES

Benefits of the Virtual Environment for Companies and Employees

Ensuring the Feasibility of Virtual Employees and Workspaces

Technology Makes Managing Offsite Employees Easier

Will It Work?

The Loss of Unity

CHAPTER 11 - DISCIPLINING PROBLEM EMPLOYEES AND TERMINATING EMPLOYEES

Do Not Wait to Take Action

What Should Disciplinary Action Accomplish?

Control Frustration

Correcting Performance Issues with Employees

Cases of Termination

When is Firing Someone a Good Idea?

Why Do Managers Avoid Firing Employees?

Layoffs

Firing the Right Way

It Never Gets Easier

CHAPTER 12 - SEPARATING THE CONCEPTS OF MANAGER AND FRIEND

Can You Be the Friend?

You Can be Friendly!

Already Friends?

Keep Behaviour Appropriate

CHAPTER 13 - KEEP EMPLOYEE MORALE HIGH EVEN IN TOUGH TIMES

Dealing with Change

What Can a Manager Do?

How Can Managers Help Employees?

CHAPTER 14 - AVOIDING MISTAKES NEW MANAGERS OFTEN MAKE

Top 10 Mistakes of New Managers

CHAPTER 15 - THE LITTLE THINGS: KEEPING EMPLOYEES HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE

Recognize the Positive Efforts of Employees

The Consequences

Find Ways to Show Appreciation to Help with Motivation

Set Up a Rewards Philosophy and System

CHAPTER 16 - HOW TO BALANCE HOME LIFE AND WORK LIFE

Tips for Getting Out of Work with Your Mind Intact

Your Work is Important… so is Your Life

CONCLUSION

Introduction

Becoming a manager, and being good at it, are two very different things. Not all people get to become managers, and some that do get the chance might not be right for the job. It takes a special type of person to be able to manage others effectively.

This book should help to give you the knowledge and tools that you need to succeed as a manager in any type of job – whether you are managing the floor of a large factory, or you are a manager of an electronics store or an office. As a manager, you have a direct influence on the daily operations of the business, and you have direct contact with the employees that are so important for those daily operations to go off without a problem.

Good Management is Hard to Find

Good management is a rarity in today’s world, and that’s too bad. Quality managers can be one of the instrumental parts of any company, and if you’ve been fortunate enough to find a management position, it is in your best interest to learn as much as you can about proper management techniques.

What Will You Learn in This Book?

Let the core concepts you will find in this book help you with all of the different responsibilities that come with being a manager. You will be able to learn:

(*) How to become a leader others want to follow

(*) How to hire the best employees

(*) How to deal with problem employees

(*) How to balance your work and personal life

(*) And much more!

Learning to be a good manager is very important for the rest of your career at your current company, as well as for any other companies that you might work for in the future. The skills you learn can help to ensure that you have a better position, better pay, and a better team working for you.

Chapter 1

The First Days of Being a Manager

Those who have never managed anyone before are going to be in for a bit of a shock on their first few days and weeks as a manager. It is going to take some time to get comfortable in your own skin as a manager and to learn what type of manager you want to be.

In general, most people believe that there are going to be two basic types of managers. The Tough Manager and the Nice Manager. Each of these stereotypes will seem to have advantages and disadvantages when you first start looking at them. The Nice manager would be a pushover, for example, and the Tough manager would have no respect from employees that he or she treated poorly.

Of course, it’s a good thing that these are just stereotypes and that most managers – the good