I want to share some insights on the article “Leadership Report card: Why Most Managers Don’t Get an ‘A’” as I am intrigued how managers can be “failing” at their jobs. Click here to view the whole article on Business News Daily.
As I’m reading through this article, I discovered that managers often achieve poor evaluations from their employees. Sandler Training has conducted a research that shows approximately 40% of American employees grading their managers with a C or less. I can then derive from this fact that managers need to improve on their leadership skills so that they can properly guide their employees forward in the company.
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The strategy described in the article is saying that managers require more formal training in order to improve on their leadership performance. The strategy also includes the need for personal feedback from employees so that managers can get a better perspective of their performances at work. I strongly agree with this strategy because I believe that communication is the key to solving this type of leadership problem. I believe that communication leads to better understanding of the employees’ behaviors, which could help mangers improve on their leadership, managerial, and communication skills and reduce the number of internal problems within the company.
Reference
Fallon, Nicole. “Leadership Report Card: Why Most Managers Don’t Get an ‘A'”BusinessNewsDaily.com. 15 Sept. 2014. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/7128-manager-report-card.html>.
Fallon, Nicole. “5 Simple Ways to Become a Better Leader.” BusinessNewsDaily.com. 27 Aug. 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/4991-effective-leadership-skills.html>.
That was a very interesting article and blog post. I think that the role of a manager must be very focussed on creating individual relations with each employee rather than trying to adopt a style of management that roughly works for everyone. Everyone has their own learning methods and it is important for a manager to be able to understand each employee’s methods and then manage accordingly. The confidence of a manager also needs to be toned down in order to keep managers level headed and reflective to their own management.