Things You Cant Take Personally as a Manager - Fairygodboss

Things You Cant Take Personally as a Manager - Fairygodboss It can be difficult to notlage take certain things personally as a manager. If youre an effective leader who takes responsibility for the actions of your team, every issue can feel as though it is entirely your fault. But no matter how hard you try, you cant control everything. And not every action around your work or your team has to do with you.If you get caught up in the guilt game or bruise your ego too badly, youll lose efficiency as a leader. Thats not good for anyone. Here are seven situations you cannot take personally as a manager. Your professional reputation and your team depend on it.1. When your employees are questioning your methods.As a manager, you have a wider scope than your employees. You have a greater understanding of what is best for the company, not just what is best for your team and the individuals on it. It is your job to make decisions that best benefit everyone, and your employees may not be a ble to understand this. Explain your reasoning to them as best you can and remind yourself that you are simply doing your job.2. When your employees dont care about your idea like you care about your idea.While your employees are kind of forced to focus on whatever task you assign them, they may not be as excited about said task as you are. And thats OK. Having to do the gritty work to initiate a task may lessen its appeal. But they will see the benefits upon the end result.3. When your employees dont do something you thought was common sense.If an employee doesnt do something that you actually never asked zu sich to do, you cant take it personally. While you may believe some tasks should be assumed, that is not always the case. Communication is key in work environments, and regardless of how in-sync you think you are with a specific employee, you cannot expect her to complete a task she may not even even know exists.4. When your employees dont understand your directions.While you m ay believe youre explaining something in a perfectly clear way, if your employees are not understanding, you must alter your approach. And dont take it personally. You arent an ineffective communicator and they arent ignoring you. Sometimes everyone needs to meet in the middle. People teach and learn in different ways.5. When there is a failure inside the company.A failure within your company does not indicate a failure within you. If someone in the department failed to complete a task to the expectations of your boss or if your teams timeline is messed up because someone else didnt deliver, it is not necessarily something you should beat yourself up about. And failures shouldnt always be viewed as negative. They are a chance to learn and grow and re-visit the task to see where you could have improved your involvement and for others to do the same. Do not carry the burden of an entire department (or company) on your back. Do you due diligence, then cut yourself some slack.6. When ev eryone is mad about a decision you made.You really cant make everyone happy, no matter how hard you try. Harking back to situation number one, remember that you have a better understanding of the decisions that benefit the company. For example, lets say you decided to make everyone stay late in reservierung to finish an assignment. While your employees are furious because they have lives and families to get home to, you may have a better understanding of how serious the progress of this assignment is to your department and your company.7. When everyone is mad about a decision the company made.And theyre taking it out on you. Youre their direct contact. While it is your responsibility to deal with your employees unhappiness, you must remind yourself they are not upset with you. They are upset with decisions made by others and have nowhere else to turn, they arent trying to drag you through the mud.More on successful leadership11 Leadership Books to Help You Rise Above Middle Manageme nt