Different Styles of Employee Management

Employees can be a difficult group for you to manage. Motivating each of these employees will need to be done differently. They also each respond to different management techniques. The management style you choose can be one of many. Some examples are the micromanager, Mr Cool, and the buddy. There are positives and negatives to all of the different types of managers, but the one that has the least draw backs is the coach.

The coach doesn’t employ extreme management techniques like many of the others. For example Mr Cool always does what is best for them only and the micromanager picks apart every simple task. Neither of these methods are used by the coach. The best interest of the team is always what the coach has in mind, choosing to ignore what is best for them personally. The coach also realizes that there are some tasks that don’t need to be managed. They give their employees some freedom and responsibility to make decisions.

One of the best traits of the coach is their ability to interact with each employee for growth. The won’t be all over an employee if a small task gets left undone. The coach will let this slip up go, but will use it as a coaching opportunity with the employee. This benefits the whole team in many ways. Employees will not be scared to fail. They will know that if there is something they fail to do, the coach will help them through it by teaching them why they failed. A team environment is thus created because all employees will feel important to the success of the team and the goal they are working towards.

Coaches aren’t the perfect type of manager. Their management style may not be harsh enough for some employees. Their are employees who simply can’t respond well to coaching. They also may fail to single out outstanding employees, instead choosing to reward the entire team as a whole. Creating a style that is a blend of the others is usually the best thing to do since there isn’t one single style that is going to work well for everyone all the time.

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