As a manager of a business, non-profit or agency you need to make sure you do not come across as arrogant to your employees or team. This is often hard if you are dealing with folks who have not thought thru their comments, questions or are so new that they ask ridiculous questions. I use to have a rule that was; Ask three then me. In other words ask a co-worker or two, your next in-line manager and if you could not get an answer or they did not know the answer then as me and that makes three. This had worked for me. I must say that people are always giving me advice and yet I dissect their comments to see if there is something I have not considered in any of it, most often there is not and thus you move on. Yet when this happens enough perhaps it is best to turn off the noise and search out your own knowledge as your time is better spent finding the new than rehashing old thoughts, already considered with so little else added. Think of this as the law of diminishing returns if you will. So in fact the person of lots of wisdom and knowledge may often appear to be arrogant, but really they are being smart to maximize time. As a member of the management of a company you need to be approachable but you must also manage your time without appearing arrogant. Consider this in 2006. |
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