Developing Managerial

Effectiveness
Chuck Ridenour
Hayden Smith
Robin Bradley
 Definition

Developing Managerial Effectiveness- The challenge of developing the relevant skills such as time
management, prioritization, strategic thinking, decision-making, and getting up to speed with the job
to be more effective at work.

Chat Box Question- How would you rate your organization on their ability to develop effective
managers? While doing so which area from above would you consider to be the strength and the
weakness.
● This chart illustrates the importance of developing
managerial effectiveness
○ 3 of the 7 countries have it as number 1; 5 of
the 7 have it as a top 3 challenge
● This chart indicates the importance for organizations
to provide resources into the training of their
managers to ensure their effectiveness to run the daily
operations.

● Chat Box Question:

○ What are ways your current or past organization
train and lead their managers to be effective as
possible?

● Brown and Eisenhardt (1997) identified three key

characteristics of successful managers in continuously
changing organizations. Successful managers provided
clear responsibility and priorities with extensive
communication and freedom to improvise.
Challenges:
Open Discussion
● Workload What are ways to overcome these
● Time management challenges?
● Developing relationships
● Transitions
● Goal setting
● Delegation
● Mentoring
● A clear purpose and strong support
 Scenario

You are a recent college graduate entering the workforce as an after-school program coordinator. The
academic year starts in 2 weeks and you have not had time to prioritize your task to prepare for the
upcoming year. You have not visited the site yet, agendas still need to be made, trainings with staff still
need to be done, meeting with your new site director has not happened yet. You have a staff of 5
counselors for your location who have only been with the program for a few weeks and are not familiar
with the procedures and processes that need to be accomplished. When looking at developing
managerial effectiveness, what are you going to do?