My issue is that I am the business owner and the manager and the main source of revenue so my time is half manager and half primary care provider. To hire s qualified manager would be way too far outside of my budget. I have also found that people who think they are capable of managers are glorified babysitters and they have no bigger thinking abilities. They do put out fires and they don't have any strategic thinking abilities. I think I'm actually a very good manager. I have been running my business since 2020 but I am too spread thin and lack capital to hire qualified managers. The root cause is lack of funding and high overhead. I finally ended up outsourcing my administration which has helped but not with managing people.
Great tips! Your tip number one is something I leant the hard way while working for engineers in a construction company - never present a problem unless you already have the solution. It took a while but I eventually won my bosses over as a "problem-solver". The downside was that I often got dumped with the stuff nobody else wanted to deal with...
This was great. Proactive communication has definitely been a practice I've tried to implement more often as a new manager. It's been beneficial because I have a very small team within a grant-funded project, so the more we get ahead of potential challenges the more successful our program can be.
Hey Lidia! So glad you are already doing this. It took me some time to realize that this was the best way to get ahead. So happy to hear that you're already on top of things ;)
Time management isn't my problem most of the week because I treat patients 3x let day which only leaves me 2 days a week to manage my processes and most of my team is not there. We have weekly meetings. My issues with our weekly meeting is I spend too much time going over housekeeping issues.
Problem is as a MIC other managers can't do their stuff, hold stuff up and for the benefit of the company to keep things rolling you take it on. Otherwise the process just stops.
The root cause of bad processes is lack of oversight and regular review of what everyone is actually doing...which leads back to having time to do this
This is so true! I started a new role, and my first few weeks has been spent creating oversight over what my teams are actually doing from week to week. Without understanding that I can't possibly lead them.
I've lived in firefighter mode before - and it's soooo not fun. Love your dive in here!
Nooope! It is NOT fun at all.
My issue is that I am the business owner and the manager and the main source of revenue so my time is half manager and half primary care provider. To hire s qualified manager would be way too far outside of my budget. I have also found that people who think they are capable of managers are glorified babysitters and they have no bigger thinking abilities. They do put out fires and they don't have any strategic thinking abilities.
I think I'm actually a very good manager. I have been running my business since 2020 but I am too spread thin and lack capital to hire qualified managers. The root cause is lack of funding and high overhead. I finally ended up outsourcing my administration which has helped but not with managing people.
Great tips! Your tip number one is something I leant the hard way while working for engineers in a construction company - never present a problem unless you already have the solution. It took a while but I eventually won my bosses over as a "problem-solver". The downside was that I often got dumped with the stuff nobody else wanted to deal with...
Ahhh yesss boundaries!
This was great. Proactive communication has definitely been a practice I've tried to implement more often as a new manager. It's been beneficial because I have a very small team within a grant-funded project, so the more we get ahead of potential challenges the more successful our program can be.
Hey Lidia! So glad you are already doing this. It took me some time to realize that this was the best way to get ahead. So happy to hear that you're already on top of things ;)
This is probably my favorite video you have done so far ⚡️👏
Wow, thank you Saphira!
Time management isn't my problem most of the week because I treat patients 3x let day which only leaves me 2 days a week to manage my processes and most of my team is not there. We have weekly meetings. My issues with our weekly meeting is I spend too much time going over housekeeping issues.
Another great video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great insights 👍
Problem is as a MIC other managers can't do their stuff, hold stuff up and for the benefit of the company to keep things rolling you take it on. Otherwise the process just stops.
The root cause of bad processes is lack of oversight and regular review of what everyone is actually doing...which leads back to having time to do this
This is so true! I started a new role, and my first few weeks has been spent creating oversight over what my teams are actually doing from week to week. Without understanding that I can't possibly lead them.