Publisher's Synopsis
Do you need some advice on how to get started in your new role as a first-line manager? This handbook provides hands-on advice, guidelines, structure, templates, and tools needed when embarking your new role. You will find The First Aid Kit for New Line Managers an essential resource in your daily work and an easy-to-use handbook for your new adventure.
By the end of this book, you will understand the importance of:
finding a sustainable way of working.
creating a yearly planning.
breaking down and setting objectives developing the business, the operations, and your co-workers.
together with your co-workers writing development plans that can be built on and re-used one year after the other.
using the proposed salary review process and getting a balanced salary strategy for your team and connecting the salary review to the development plan's personal objectives.
introducing a meeting structure for your team.
efficient recruitment.
working actively with follow-up and recognition.
finding the right moment for team reflection.
And you will be able to:
Handle the workload coming with the position and balance your private life with your work life.
Grow and develop as a manager, leader and as a fellow human being.
And you will be rewarded with:
An interesting and manageable work situation and a satisfied team.
Some general advice is also shared on how to handle people, overcome challenges, and being a member in a management team.