No. 1 - Forgetting people make the difference
To avoid this mistake do you;
- Genuinely care about your team and practice self-awareness
- Recognise it's all about people, building trust, effective listening and respect
- Understand the importance of the journey from a technical manager to a leader
- Prepare for productive and meaningful conversations
- Deliver productive and meaningful conversations
No. 2 - Choosing and developing the wrong people
To avoid this mistake do you;
- Find, attract and match the right person to the job
- Retain people and plan for inevitable regular turnover
- Develop people to realise their full potential
- Promote on capability and not seniority
- Manage people's career development aspirations
No. 3 - Failing to connect and communicate
To avoid this mistake do you;
- Engage and influence upwards and across to ensure alignment and reduce duplication
- Effectively market and communicate your ideas
- Manage politics, while not being distracted by it
- Tailor consistent communications (messages) to the audience
- Keep people informed using a balance of electronic and face-to-face Communications
No. 4 - Failing to provide vision and direction
To avoid this mistake do you;
- Create a team environment that builds trust and harmony
- Notice everyone is different, with contrasting drivers, strengths, personalities and perspectives
- Establish & share ownership of the vision & plans setting accountability & KPIs
- Admit to the complexity of leading virtual and multi-generational teams
- Inspire, excite and motivate your team for extraordinary performance
No. 5 - Initiating change without acceptance
To avoid this mistake do you;
- Recognise change is inevitable, know you must be adaptable and not make change for change's sake?
- Focus on the acceptance of change
- Grasp the technical aspects and ask the right questions
- Provide access to and use data to drive the case for change
- Embrace technology, knowing it alone is not the answer
No. 6 - You don't actively engage and create meaning and direction from chaos
To avoid this mistake do you;
- Actively engage and create meaning and direction from chaos
- Unpack complexity and prioritise; know what's important?
- Always have sustainability in front of mind
- Understand and address external stakeholder's issues
- Navigate and keep up to date on compliance and legislative requirements
No. 7 - Not keeping the balance
To avoid this mistake do you;
- Balance short term, long term, risk and return and global versus local
- Navigate and lead through the turbulent and risk-averse work
- Remove the noise and have time to think
- Set a healthy work life balance standard and not model a workaholic
- Remember that work life balance means different things to different people
