
Creating a Winning Management Style
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Can your HR department handle this revision of task
responsibilities? You won’t know until you ask. Your chances
of getting it done are better if you develop the documentation
for them, following the forms and formats they have to use.
(Otherwise, they are almost guaranteed to say no.)
That Includes the Manager’s Role, Too
A savvy manager will not be long in discovering which indi-
viduals have skills that are not being used in their roles.
Where there are skills, there usually is pleasure in using them.
Why not let those who have the skills the work group needs
use them? Why not shift some responsibilities ...