6 Skills For Small Business

    6 Skills For Small Business Manager

Multi-tasking Action:

A manager must be able to oversee all the employees and keeping their abilities and weaknesses in mind while prioritizing multiple projects and I call this being up the blimp & looking at the action on the field rather than being in the game. So, the best managers multi-task and balance those priorities without losing productivity and action.

Decision making Business: 

The ability to evaluate and decide is crucial to being a successful manager in a small business is that Small businesses are unique in that information often must be acted upon quickly thus but making the right decision rapidly without making mistakes means evaluating information to weed through what is important and what is not.  Do not look at a situation over and over without making a decision right or wrong or then you will lose sleep and probably lots of opportunities.

Leadership: 

Best managers know how to get the most out of their employees and while building them up in the process that means using judicious constructive criticism instead of be-letting.  It means that treating others with respect instead of my way or the highway.  It means leading by example instead of do as I say and these are all leadership traits that inspire employees to give their best.

Motivation: 

This goes hand in hand with leadership to be effective as a manager and being able to motivate employees is must.  Even though I am a motivational speaker and motivation to want to do well is internal or the employee is motivated to do the job or not. A successful manager is able to nurture that along with using clear performance expectations and setting goals will keep the employee focused on the long term success of your company and success.

Business Development Skills: 

A manager must be able to look for areas in which the company either procedures within the company can be improved.  Millennial employees are very good at seeing these things when they first start and to be open to them. Streamlining procedures & cutting costs are two ways a manager demonstrates this skill.

Effective Communication:

Without a communication skill the managers are in-effective as only a small percentage of communication is the spoken word and the body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice all, combine with words to convey a message to the best managers have developed the ability to not only communicate the points they are trying to make- but also to truly listen to those around them.  It means smartphone off, eyes looking at the person and striving to hear or rather than speak.

Conclusion:

When a manager has the six skills listed above, they are able to receive information from multiple sources and from employees they are leading or even from the industry around them and then use that information to benefit the bottom line of business.

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