Effective Managers Cultivate These Skills..

If you were to make a list of 5 or so skills needed by business managers, your list might include; inter-personal skills, creativity, ability to multi-task, but I wonder if your list would contain these two important skills, discussed by Daniel Burrus, in his recent post, "What Should Today’s Executives and Managers Really Be Managing?"

Daniel, founder and CEO of Burrus Research, and author of Flash Foresight, suggests that effective managers take time to manage how others view themselves and their team, and screen out noise to make room for downtime.

"As an executive or leader in your organization, you’re managing many things: the company’s image, numerous projects, and a talented group of people. But you’re also managing many other important things, including the perception others have of you and your department, how distracted you and your team are on a daily basis, and many other things you may not even be aware of."

Burrus expands on the skill of managing distractions, "One thing we know for sure is that most distractions or changes come from the outside in—external factors impact the organization. This causes people to react, crisis manage, and continually put out fires. But to be a strategic asset to your company, you can’t simply be a crisis manager; you also have to become an opportunity manager. The question is, how do you do that? The answer is to become an opportunity manager and plug into the future. To be an opportunity manager and strategic asset for your organization, distraction is the enemy. To provide major new competitive advantage and to create new products, markets, and services, distraction is the enemy. Unfortunately, we have never been more distracted."

Please read the full article: source: Daniel Burrus, LinkedIn Influencer Post

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