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Mind Tools Newsletter 182 - March 15, 2011
From Expert to Trusted Manager
For ambitious people, there comes a time when they need to step up from expert contributor to manager. Like it or not, this involves learning a whole new set of skills, and the outcome of this transition can make or break a career.
So, what skills do you need to work on to make an effective transition? How can you best contribute to your organization's success? And how can you win the support you need to thrive in your new role?
There's a lot to think about here, but you can make things much easier with our new "From Expert to Manager" workbook. You'll get this for free when you join the Career Excellence Club before midnight PST, Saturday, March 26.
Worth $19.99, this workbook helps you to be a great success in your new role. And, if you're not making the transition just yet, you can make sure that you're ready when the time comes. Click here to find out more!
Get off to a Great Start
Continuing this theme, we look at Gaining the Trust of Your New Team. We help you develop your Active Listening skills (a key skill for all managers!), and we have a useful guide to Team-Building Exercises.
Enjoy the newsletter!
James Manktelow and Rachel Thompson
MindTools.com - Essential skills for an excellent career!
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Making the step up from expert contributor to manager can be a massive challenge. Not only do you need to learn management skills - you have to balance this with meeting the needs of your people and your organization.
This workbook brings together everything you need to make a success of this important transition. Use it, and you'll be well on your way to success in your new role!
Worth $19.99, this workbook is free when you sign up to the Mind Tools community, the Career Excellence Club, before midnight PST, March 26! |
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As a team leader, establishing trust is critical to team effectiveness. Learn how to "get real" and build your reputation for trustworthiness.
Newsletter Readers' Skill-Builder |
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| Polish up your communication skills with these active listening techniques. All Readers' Skill-Builder |
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| When team-building sessions are run properly, they can make a real difference to team performance. Learn how to run events that genuinely benefit your team.
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... And from the Career Excellence Club
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Find out how to succeed under pressure, with sports psychologist and leadership consultant, Professor Graham Jones.
Premium Members' Expert Interview |
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| Use these seven key questions to improve the implementation of your strategy, and highlight possible problems.
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| Find out how coaching helped Bill come to terms with the emotional challenges of being made redundant.
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Editors' Choice Article
Gaining the Trust of Your New Team
When you're a new team leader, it can be difficult to get your team to trust you. You have no history, and people don't know if they can rely on you.
However, if you start the relationship properly, you can build trust steadily. And, if you've faltered a bit in your trustworthiness, you can use the basics of trust-building to regain your credibility, and move forward.
No matter what brings you to want to build trust, it's essential that you take on the challenge. |
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When you have trust, you have the basis of building a high performing team. Without it, people won't accept your leadership, and they'll spend so much time covering their backs that you'll find it difficult to get anything done.
If people don't trust you, no amount of team building or recognition will motivate people to work together well. Without trust there is no "we", and with no "we" there is no team.
To create a high performing team you have to prove yourself trustworthy. Your team must believe in you as a person and as a leader. From there, they'll work hard to get the job done, because they know that you won't lead them astray.
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A Final Note from James
Making the transition from expert to manager can be tough if you don't have a plan in place, so I really do hope that you take up our offer!
Not only will you get the workbook for free, but you'll have access to hundreds of career-boosting resources in the Career Excellence Club, as well as the help and support of the Mind Tools team. All of this costs just US$1 for the first month - it really is worth joining!
We look forward to welcoming you!
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James Manktelow
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