The manager has a lot of time to spend on solving routine issues: talking on the phone, preparing reports, conducting meetings, monitoring and checking completed tasks, and if he does not plan in advance, they can gradually upload the whole day, leaving no time for solving global issues. In such conditions, the manager's efficiency is reduced, and all attention is already directed to current affairs, and not to the result. Well-developed methods of self-management will help to detect and eliminate the time leak and help the manager to reach the main goals of the company in a shorter way.
Self-management plays an important role in the formation of the image of a leader, without it a successful career is doomed. The boss must lead and motivate subordinates, but a person can not effectively manage others unless he has learned to control himself. Personal growth implies self-development and self-development. The higher the personal and professional qualities of the manager, the easier the employees obey him.
Basics of self-management
Self-management is the consistent use of proven methods of work in everyday practice for meaningful optimal use of time.
The goal of self-management is to use your abilities to the maximum, consciously manage the course of your life and overcome circumstances from the outside in your personal life and work.
There are 6 main functions of self-management: setting goals, planning, making decisions, implementing plans, monitoring communication and information. They allow you to solve different tasks and problems on a daily basis. To implement these functions and achieve their goals help various tools and methods of self-management. To understand what self-management functions they help to implement and what are their advantages, consider the most common ones.
- Setting goals. This function can be performed with the help of such methods as SWOT-analysis, correct goal setting, choice of behavior strategy. These techniques allow us to consider weaknesses and direct efforts to eliminate them.
- Planning. Implement this function will help self-management tools - annual, monthly and daily planning, the preparation of strategic and operational plans, the use of time management tasks and Benjamin Franklin time management system, keeping the "Diaries of time" and drawing up a plan for the day using the Alps method. This contributes to the proper allocation of time and savings to several hours each day.
- Making decisions. To implement this function, tools such as the Pareto law, the Eisenhower method, prioritization, delegation of authority, ATV analysis are used. They are aimed at solving primarily the most important tasks, with their help you can avoid deadlines.
- Organization and implementation. To perform this function, they usually examine their biorhythms and build a performance schedule to determine the most productive work time, and then, focusing on them, make up a daily plan. This helps to improve the results of the work due to the correct redistribution of time.
- Control. The function is aimed at monitoring the process of performing the work and verifying its final results. It gives an opportunity to compare the intended with the final result. As a result, it contributes to a more correct execution of the assigned tasks.
- Communication and information. In the implementation of the function, the following methods are used: the use of memos, competent negotiation, a quick optimized search for the necessary information and the reasonable use of communication tools.
The advantages of self-management are obvious:
- less effort and time spent on work;
- optimal work organization and better results;
- minimal stress and haste;
- increased satisfaction with the work performed;
- growth of motivation of work of workers and the head;
- less workload at work;
- the growth of the professionalism of the manager and staff;
- achieving personal and professional goals in the shortest possible way.
Begin today to work on yourself, and you will have a solid foundation for the development of your career. Career self-management is the key to future success!