Jaluch Limited

If the Christmas and New Year break didn’t fully refresh you after a hard 2011 managing some difficult staff issues, here are my top tips for surviving 2012….

• Eat more spinach – for this year you will need plenty of stamina and good health. Its more of the rollercoaster so ready yourself…
• Don’t neglect your own development so book yourself onto a coaching or mentoring skills course as these could well be two of the really valuable soft skills of the future
• Stop telling yourself that Twitter and LinkedIn aren’t relevant to you – get over it and get yourself signed up and start learning how to use them
• Take up yoga for relaxation or pilates for inner strength – or both depending on who exactly you have in your team!
• Re-read the books ‘Who Moved my Cheese’, ‘Fish’ and ‘Feel the Fear but Do It Anyway’ so you have plenty of ideas and information to support your wobbly or disengaged employees whenever the rollercoaster hits the down slope
• And finally, write the ten commandments of managing staff on your arm so you never lose focus:

1. I will stop and listen when people want my attention – but no more than twice a day!
2. I will remember the paperwork even though it is probably the most boring part of my job
3. I will slow down and remember that others do not move at 100mph as I do
4. I will not ‘put up and shut up’ when an employee is misbehaving just because I’m afraid of being sued for something
5. I will not forget that you can get immense job satisfaction from developing people so will try to do more of this
6. I will remember that most employees are not motivated by muffins on a Friday or doughnuts on my birthday
7. I will continually remind myself I am not superman/superwoman and I need to have energy left over for 2013
8. I promise not to lose my rag and sack someone on the spot as I know that could result in me losing the shirt off my back
9. I will remember that once upon a time I was just an employee too so will try to manage my expectations accordingly and not expect my staff to work 25 hours a day and know things that only Albert Einstein would have known
10. I will be brave and tackle my underperformers who cause me stress and promise Jaluch not to leave this to a Friday afternoon at 4pm

Got a few of your own to add to my list of 10? Would love to hear from you!

Have a great 2012 and keep smiling….

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