The Secret to Being a Great Manager: Quick, Smart Decision-Making Done Right

Let’s talk about management skills. Basically, it's all about being a boss that knows how to run a business and/ or a department smoothly, achieving the company goals, taking care of their employees, being organized……. etc. - many skills, right😀?

But what is necessary to be a good manager? What should you focus on and what is most important? What is the key skill or ability in my opinion and why?

First let’s look at the key skills and leave the most important one to the end.

I believe there are a few key skills you need to be good at to make that happen. You don’t have the skills yet, but want to become a manager? No, problem, the good thing about skills is that you don’t have to be born with them, you can learn them!

Define your goals clearly

All team members must understand the purpose and goals of their work. That enable them to navigate through obstacles and enables them to add more value by developing ideas how to reach your goals.

Make sure you provide clarity on what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and what success in your opinion looks like.

Tell a story!

Communication is key! Try to understand your target audience and what is important for them! Ask your audience questions about their daily obstacles and challenges.

Use communication skills to explain the reports to your colleagues, always keeping in mind that they need to understand what to change, maintain or omit in their business.

Communicate in a simple way. Finance and controlling are not complicated, the way it is taught and told is complicated.

If you are the owner of the company, make sure that your employees understand what your goals are, and how the numbers in the reports contribute to your business plan. Align reports with the entire company strategy – focus on that.

Finance reports should focus on simplifying the finance topics. Finance and reporting trainings should be fun and interactive. Choose examples from “real life” to bring finance closer to your employees or colleagues.