Essential Management Skills Interview Preparation Guide

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An effective manager has a variety of styles that he or she can use depending on the situation. They all involve the degree to which a manager decides to involve employees in decision making. Management styles also reflect the relationship the manager has with employees. A management style model will help you see the difference between the available management approaches.

The manager invites employees to join him or her in making the decision. The manager considers his or her voice equal to the employees in the decision making process. You are sitting together around the same table and every voice is key in the decision.

This is also known as the autocratic style of management. It represents top down, dictatorial decision making with little employee input. Tell is also the manner in which traditional, hierarchical organizations communicated with employees.

In the sell management style, the manager has made the decision and then attempts to persuade employees that the decision is correct. The manager attempts to gain commitment from staff by selling the positive aspects of the decision. During the process of selling the decision, the manager may allow the employees to influence the details of the decision.

Instead of exploring your personal skills, a hiring manager is going to explore a variety of competencies required to be an effective manager. A hiring manager wants to find out how your think and act when confronted with tough management situations. You'll need to be prepared to demonstrate that you have the experience and ability to resolve complicated problems, lead others, and oversee large, multi-faceted projects.

Skills management enables managers to know the skill strengths and weaknesses of employees reporting to them. It can also enable them to search for employees with particular skill sets.

Every employee needs goals to strive for. Not only do goals give employees direction and purpose, but they ensure that your employees are working towards the overall organizational goals. Set specific and measurable goals with your employees, then regularly monitor their progress toward achieving them.

Be a better problem solver and decision-maker by applying critical thinking methodology and tools.

Navigate politics and the "informal" organization to secure resources, collaborate and get things done.

Professional business planning techniques - include the elements your management team needs to make a decision and commit resources.

Increase your business presentation skills and impact using different communication media effectively to achieve your goals.

Frame your ideas in strategic business language, speak and understand the language of senior managers - make a professional impression.

✫ Build and manage a cohesive high-performing team in an international environment
✫ Establish fair processes for people management
✫ Build trust, respect and accountability
✫ Conduct performance reviews confidently and effectively
✫ Coach, give and receive feedback professionally
✫ Manage performance, motivation and reward
✫ Manage development, promotions and mobility

You are a manager who is in charge of a team, department or function in an international company. You might be new to the role or have been in the role for a while but you want to improve your people management skills, to make your team more responsible and to get higher performance out of your team.

Discover methods and tools that help you better manage your priorities and time.

Manage complex communication, build collaborative trust and focus people on the results.

Create clarity, build trust and optimize individual and team performance.

Gain the tools to manage your people - despite differences in culture, working styles and business experience.

There are no limits with the right development. Every business professional and every business are dealing with lightning-fast change and long-term uncertainty. Only the strongest will survive. Make sure you are prepared for the challenges ahead. Having robust skills in multiple areas opens up a whole new world of possibilities for success. You will adapt more easily, deal with shortcomings, collaborate more successfully and become far more valuable to your organization.

✫ Understand the different types of delegation
✫ Know the benefits and challenges of delegation
✫ Recognize your comfort with delegation
✫ How to conduct an effective delegation conversation
✫ Practice your delegation skills

✫ Define motivation and your role in creating a motivational setting
✫ The cost of demotivation and disengagement
✫ Recognize important elements of the motivational process
✫ Create your own practice for building a motivational climate

✫ How does coaching develop, enhance and achieve goals.
✫ Know the requirements and importance of coaching.
✫ Practice coaching and correcting difficult and challenging behaviors.
✫ Use the AMA Guide for managing a coaching discussion.
✫ Identify the differences between coaching and discipline.

✫ How to develop people, value differences and encourage honest communication.
✫ Develop your leadership style to gain commitment from employees.
✫ Match your leadership style to the your developmental needs and task at hand.

✫ Recognize what effective communication really is.
✫ Understand the communication process.
✫ Know the barriers that can cause derailment and misunderstanding.
✫ Identify the relative importance of face-to-face communication.
✫ Get a firm grasp of the five building blocks of managerial communication.
✫ Learn to match the right communication method with your communication goal.
✫ Identify the challenges and practices when communicating virtually.

✫ Identify the challenges to effective performance management
✫ Understand and conduct performance planning, facilitation and evaluation
✫ Practice the skill of setting goals, providing effective feedback and conducting alignment discussions