Hold people accountable and follow up
Management is the art of consistently getting other people to do that which needs to be done - for the company, for the cause, for me. The job of a manager is to assign tasks to individual contributors and follow up to make sure they are completed properly and on time.
This lesson has been taught to me a hundred times, and still I have a hard time making it reality. Oftentimes in the real world people are too busy, under-resourced, not skilled enough, lack the appropriate task relevant maturity, irresponsible, manipulative, distracted with personal issues, and on-and-on. That’s just life and business! And for all these reasons, it is my job to track what my people have committed to, when they will have it done, and follow up appropriately to make sure it is completed.
Graph:
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 119 Communication
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.001 Management - Communication is the number one job
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.007 Management - Nobody will be blindsided by my decisions
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.009 Management - My performance is measured by the output of my team
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.010 Management - Management is entirely about delegation
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.013 Management - Monitoring is not micro-managing
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.014 Management - Sharing a common information base
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.011 Management - Task Relevant Maturity
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 125.011 Books - High Output Management by Andy Grove
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 122.03.04 PM Responsibilities - Success relies on the team
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 119.007 Conflict - Know what question you want answered
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 119.014 Conflict - Memorialize your agreements
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 116.005 Life Lessons - Expectations can cause bad emotions
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 116.009 Life Lessons - The biggest cause of serious error
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 116.010 Life Lessons - One minute of planning is worth ten minutes of doing
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 116.014 Life Lessons - Don't be shortsighted when it comes to delegation of tasks
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.018 Management - Give up control then manage it appropriately
- 128.015 Management - Hold people accountable and follow up to 128.019 Management - Regular communication and reporting are important