COMMON MANAGEMENT

CHALLENGES:

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 Objective
 Refreshing, sharing and imparting common
management challenges and possible ways on how
to overcome them
 LEARNING MANAGEMENT
 Colleges / Institutes of higher learning
 Experiential Learning from work
Environments
 “ The past management experiences
and lessons learned should prepare
an individual for future challenges
and opportunities”
 CHALLENGES
 Decreased Performance Levels
 Being Understaffed
 Lack Of Communication
 Poor teamwork
 Pressure to perform
 Absence of structure
 CHALLENGES
 Absence of structure
 Time Management
 Inadequate Support
 Skepticism
 Difficult employees
 Transition for co-worker to manager
 Weak workplace culture
 DECREASED PERFORMANCE LEVELS

 Employees may experience periods of time

when they are not as productive as usual
 Effect on other team members and overall
goals (motivational issues)
 Managers should consistently review processes
and procedures to increase efficiency
 Ask questions and offer solutions
 2 BEING UNDERSTAFFED
 Recognize when to hire another team member
 Hiring process is time consuming, get
assistance from other managers
 Do psychometric tests, MBTI tests…
 HIRE right people for right positions
 Those sample tests and other related work
tests will help you determine the best fit for
your team
 3 LACK OF COMMUNICATION
 Ensuring effective communication
 Every member has a different personality
resulting in high miscommunication in
organizations
 Increase frequency of communication
 Team building activities
 Redefine standards that reinforce your
team’s goals and purposes
 4 POOR TEAM WORK
 Sometimes employees may lose focus when they
spend a lot of time completing individual tasks
 To reestablish team work managers should
revisit the purpose of teamwork
 Managers who take time to acknowledge their
team’s efforts and clarify the purpose of their
work commonly see increased levels of
motivation
 Avoid divide and rule tactics
 Form partnerships
 5 PRESSURE TO PERFORM

 Some managers, especially new ones feel like

they are under pressure to achieve greatness
from the very start of their role
 Cut the stress- revisit the reasons why you
were hired for the job
 The way you choose to resolve conflicts and
react to challenges reflects your ability to lead
 6 ABSENCE OF STRUCTURE
 A common challenge for a manager especially when
overseeing a new team
 Depending on work environment, some teams need
to be supervised more closely than others to
maintain productivity levels
 Take time to develop an organizational structure that
helps employees know what you expect of them
 Show your team respect and to encourage loyalty….
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 7 TIME MANAGEMENT
 Because managers are responsible for overseeing
members of the team and communicating with other
heads, they typically struggle with balancing their
own tasks
 Scheduling (Understand what’s urgent and what’s
important )
 Let teams know the times you will be available to
them and the times you plan to focus on your own
work
 Regularly update your calendar
 8 INADEQUATE SUPPORT
 Managers sometimes need approval from the executive
team/ owner before moving ahead with a project
 When decision making process takes longer than
expected, it may slow down their team’s progress
overall
 Be honest with your tem members
 Let them know that you are waiting for info from
bosses
 Try to arrange for a one on one with the decision-
maker to expedite progress
 SKEPTICISM
 Teams often question the transparency of
management when they feel distanced from their
supervisors, especially if certain employees feel like
they are doing more work than others
 When people feel like they are not part of the plan,
their levels of TRUST becomes compromised
 Clear communication and honest interactions
 When you delegate tasks, explain why you assigned
it and how it contributes to the overall goal
 10 DIFFICULT EMPLOYEES
 Some managers oversee employees who cause
tension in the work place
 Knowing how to properly address any issues
before they become major problems is one
common challenge managers face
 To address specific concerns request feedback to
learn about issues
 Implement feasible suggestions to show you are
listening to their concerns