How do you deal with a manager who doesnt have any managaing experience?
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Try to do what you are told and have as little contact as possible. Depends on politics also. My guess is they paying him or her next to nothing and if does not work out, next, and the next will be the same hungry bend over backwards useless manager. This is a typical cheap corporate way of not paying for good help. I would also look at the bosses boss or the company for that matter. This may not be the company you want to work at.
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it depends if you are foreign or if you are a national. It depend which country you are in. It depends if you are in an EU member state or not.\n\nThe manager should know basic employment law like this, and s responsible, along with his employee if he breaks the law. Ignorance is not an excuse.
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Ask your new boss what the proper way is.  This should be part of your training.  If not, then it is best to be honest with them and explain that today is your first day and that you appreciate their patience.  People can identify with that and are tollerant of your mistakes.  You need to adjust your honesty after the first day to say that you are new here and trying to learn.  Good luck and remember to always try your best.  If you screw up admit your mistake and say you are sorry.
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optimize the system. start wwith your employees make sure they know the company's objective. train them teach them encourage them. trust them. help them. know what makes them tick. they are the key. they are what customers base theu\ndecsions on. you must be organized and everybody must know what their job is and how to do it. the role of the manager should be to guide the employees. read up on w. edward deming and applies his theories.
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A people manager needs to be able to \n\na) set clear objectives which are both challenging and realistic\nb) give credit where credit is due and say thank you\nc) deal with problems as soon as they arise in a constructive and firm way\nd) be approachable and willing to listen\ne) help staff to continually develop their skills by giving regular feedback and offering them training\n\nThe worst qualities are\na) indecision\nb) assumption of the cause of a problem without finding out the facts\nc) laying down rules without consultation or discussion\nd) refusal to accept or implement change\ne) inability to relate to their staff
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I agree. If you are doing a good job then you need to speak up. The squeaky wheel gets the oil. Managers have a lot of things to do. If you work hard and are not being recognized you need to make yourself known to them. I have had multiple management positions and for all of them I just walked up and asked my manager what I needed to do to get a promotion. Many managers enjoy straight people who just go up to them and are bold and confident.
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Good managers create a team of which they are more a member than a leader, if your subordinates are made to feel like participants in the team rather than just workers under a boss they will desire to work harder and help more.\nI suggest a few things:\n1) Ask rather than demand help.\n2) Explain the assisgnment of the team and ask advice on how to get them done best -Even if you head up a cleaning crew, I bet your team can come up with ways to get the job done faster, better, cheaper...etc\n3) Be the hardest worker on the team - people respect a boss who actually works.\n4) Listen to your people, even if you cannot take their suggestions, listen and then explain why.\n5) Be fair, work hard to be impartial... have no favorites.\n6) Give alot of feedback, look for every opportunity to give praise.\n7) Be willing to "fire" a bad apple, the rest of the team will appreciate it.\n8) Gain trust by being trustworthy.. be a person who keeps your word, is always honest, and never gossips.\n9) Small rewards - A can of coke or box of donuts for everyone one day out of your own pocket will pay big dividends.\n10) Middle management is the hardest, explain your bosses expectation to your workers, so they can work with you rather than against you.\n11) Remember they are just people too - having good and bad days just trying to make a living. Treat them as such.\n\nBest of everything with your co-workers.
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I would do my portion of the project and give them a little time to show what they are willing to do.  If after a short time and they haven't completed anything or very little, I would tell them to pick up their slack or you would be taking this to the manager.  I would at least allow them the opportunity to change before taking it to the boss.  Sometimes showing mercy can work in your favor.  \n\nmissouricop
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you do need to report it to your manager, you also need to tell her no.   learning to say no will help you get your own work done, and allow the boss to see that she is not doing her work. if you continue to help her,  it looks like she is doing her job.
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Someone with confidence, also you have to talk to your staff on a relitively even level, of course you cant be completely equal you still need them to respect you and do what you want and needs to be done, but listen to them and get stuck in with the work with them (just dont moan about it when you so). Be enthusiastic and dont take the stress of responsibility out on them. Also make sure you have a team of staff you can work well with and who will work well with each other (sometimes no matter how hard you try some people just arent willing to work with you)
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I would have a quiet word with her manager, presuming he is not the offending party. If he is then I would go to the person above him. You need not go into details, just say that you have been told in confidence that that man had wandering hands and that younger females of staff resented his approach. Say that you feel that the problem needs addressing as it could get the firm in hot water for not protecting their female staff but it is not up to you to deal with the situation as it is not in your department.
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The suggestions above will work well with most managers, but there are some who have more specific ways of working that make day-to-day interaction challenging. Here are some typical "difficult boss"personalities and remedies for dealing with them.\n\nBoss type: The Micro-Manager (controlling, overly involved)\nRemedy: Your boss needs to develop more confidence in you. Begin by asking for complete responsibility on smaller tasks and then work your way up to bigger tasks. Be sure to deliver consistently excellent work or you may lose that trust quickly.\n\n\nBoss type: The Non-Manager (indecisive, hesitant, vague)\nRemedy: Instead of asking open-ended questions, give him a few choices and one clear recommendation. Counteract vagueness by asking for clarification. Avoid procrastination on your boss's part by communicating your deadlines and following up on what you need.\n\n\nBoss type: The Unreasonable Manager (crushes you with work)\nRemedy: Schedule a meeting to discuss priorities and options for what you can and cannot handle. Suggest bringing in a contractor to help during peak periods.
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A manager can show respect to his or her employees by allowing them to determine the best way to to their jobs.\n\nThe best manager I ever had said to me, "What can I do to help you accomplish your tasks more easily?  Is there anything I can do to facilitate your job?  If so, let me know."\n\nHe then would leave me alone to get my work done.  He gave me goals and a time to get them accomplished, but didn't micromanage every detail - he let me work out the best way to reach my goals and was available if I needed him to, say, talk to someone in another department to get input or a resource.  I was very empowered in my position and the respect went both ways.
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For the first month at least, unless your boss specifically instructs you otherwise, I would aim to be as non assertive as possible.  \n\nI'm not saying let yourself get run over, abused, or pushed in the wrong direction.  But don't come in trying to overhaul and change everything, acting like you have all the answers.  Learn the current way of doing things, and the current culture.  Get to know the style of your boss, and the styles of your co-workers.  \n\nA second idea is to touch base with your boss at least twice a day, giving him or her 30 second updates on what you are doing, how it is going, etc.  Tell him or her about how you handled some event, phone call, or transaction that happened, even something which seems fairly routine.  This will show the boss you care, and also give your boss an opportunity to redirect you if you unintentionally happen to be doing something wrong.
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1.  make a list of all your skills\n     a. by skills I mean skills that would apply regardless   \n         of company field.\n2.  with each skill write a short paragraph explaining this  \n     skill. explain your duties regarding this skill.\n3.  shop yourself-based on what you say I assume you are supposed to be a lower to mid level manager-meaning directly over workers and not over another manager/supervisor.\n\nthis is oneof the hardest positions to hire into.  this is, usually, a position which is filled by promotion from within.  again, usually, the only way to be hired into this position is a lateral move-by this I mean to a company that does/makes/sells etc. essentially the same product as your present company.\nnext, think of what your boss will say about you/your work.I realize that they can not say anything other than dates of employment, but a lot can be said without saying much. "would you hire this person again?/"not in a million years" or "I  don't think I would" etc.  be prepared and have answers-your biggest hurdle in this case is to get the interview.  If it benefits you enclude your work record.\n\nfeel around-check the water. if there's a market for your skills THEN you have two options\n1. go somewhere else\n2. go to your management and present WRITTEN!!!!!\nwhat you've worked up.  state you really love YOUR company, but you feel you're not being utilized to the extent you are capable of.  "I would much rather stay here, but I would need ??? (think this over-what do you want?\nLet them/him/her chew on this for a while.  PUT A TIME LIMIT. say "I would like to make a decision by ? no more than a week-I have two(?) companies interested in hireing me at the (whatever you stipulated above)\n\nNOW THE STICK!!!  if you do this be prepared to have the boss tell you to go ahead and go.  that's why you do your homework beforehand-if there are no companies out there who want you (in a position you want) then you change this around and approach management with the skills stuff (technical term) you worked up and say "I think I have earned a promotion/raise and this is the reason.  don't throw it in his/her face that you do more than ?? and they are ?? if he/she has anything on the ball at all then they know all this.  this letter tells the boss you are not happy with what you are paid for what you do.  they will either tell you "sorry there is no way I can do??? at this time-this will mean, usually-unless the comapany is in trouble, that they think much less of you/your skills than you do. suck it up and live with it-without promotions (probably ever-they've learned you'll back down) on move on.\nI noticed you're a woman-the boss may have a prejudice against women-men NEED to earn more, etc. if dat's de case then you'll have to move on-your work is fine-that's just all a woman is worth in that job.
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well functional areas of management cannot be explained in one or two words, an example could be given, as if your was wants to deliver so meting immediately and you can't someone to bring it, as a manager you're gonna do the work of a messenger, or in simple be flexible in terms of management, no one task is definite, and there is no best way but a better way. And what may work here doesn't work there, as in human being and situation it varies. got it
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Blowing things off for management to do is ok but it's really not the answer.  Management expects the employees they pay to work out their own issues.  \n\nIf an attempt to work this out with her has already been taken (you've actually DISCUSSED this with this lady) and nothing was done, THEN you discuss it with management.\n\nIf you haven't talked to her already, then talk to her.  Let her know what the problem is.  She honestly may not be aware that she has a problem.\n\nAnd you would be doing her a greater service talking to her personally rather than letting her hear it from management and then finding out that everyone was talking about her behind her back.  Bad form!!!  Talk to her.