It’s been a long race. From entering into the job market, to building a team that strives to accomplish your biggest goals for the company, you’ve grabbed opportunities as and when they come. However, the race isn’t over just yet. There’s a lot more that you need to clinch, and a lot more you still need to prove. For sure, as you’re continuously monitored and gauged by the senior members of the board, you’ve worked hard to establish credibility for yourself.
However, it’s imperative that you also consider is the best ways of maintaining your credibility in your professional life. There are areas that often become easy to lose sight of during the day-to-day mundane activities at work.
Make sure these aren’t compromised as you manage your team and steer it towards professional success.
Understanding the Team
In your daily routine, you might be thinking about the targets at hand and the new strategies you need to implement, but in reality, you will always be gauged over the efficiency with which your team is managed.
There might be a mere 2-3 employees in your team, or more than 30 whose names you can’t remember all at once. What’s required is a definite strategy to pay attention to their needs and accomplish a full employee satisfaction rate.
Your credibility as a manager is confirmed when there are happy people in the team, who are willing to double their efforts for you.
However, losing your grip on their likes and dislikes would hurt your chances to progress ahead in your career. If it’s a dysfunctional team you are dealing with, patience is all that’s needed. Give it a closer look and come up with plans to revive the bond with each team member.
Making Sound Judgements in the Nick of Time
It’s a complete hustle out here in the corporate arena. Things are finalized and rejected at the last moment, and a sound judgement is all that separates a time efficient project from becoming a challenging project that consumes more resources and energy. Hence, this is definitely one sphere of credibility you don’t want to lose.
The employees you manage would always do the ground-level tasks, but it’s up to your judgement to get changes implemented and provide the organization with conspicuous results. Of course, that’s something which keeps the overall team spirit high as well.
Making Commitments
Believe it or not, you’re in quite an influential position. Even the slightest of mismatch in your words and actions might be noticed by the fellow team members, hence making you lose a considerable share of credibility as well.
This might be one of those few moments when the senior manager seems real happy. Perhaps you become overwhelmed with joy, and end up creating targets that are unrealistic for the team.
Well, the problem manifests in two directions. First, having seen the impracticality associated, your team’s morale drops down from the get-go. Two, being unable to score it, your boss loses all that hard-earned trust you were building for so long.
The Communication Prowess
The top management expects you to form an efficient chord of communication between them and the employees you recruit. Obviously, failing to abide by this duty clearly shows the kind of work culture you promote in the team and the transparency level you hold while working.
Make sure that all business ideas and plans are kept clear in communication and employee grievances are communicated to-and-fro, time and again.
Work credibility is all about keeping your word and being the manager your organization needs. It’s never too hard to succeed. Stick to the basics and keep your watch clear. Things will stay in place and your work life will remain blissful!
About the Author:
Anshuman Kukreti is a professional writer and a keen follower of the global job market. An engineer by qualification and an artist at heart, he writes on various topics related to employment across the globe. Reach him @ LinkedIn and Twitter.
