Managers must be exemplary role models.

The term manager is a wide one. Most people are managers in a general sense.
Anyone trying to achieve a goal through the efforts of others is a manager.
In this sense, parents, teachers and politicians could be called managers.
We are, however concerned with those whose primary task is to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of an organisation designed to provide services or goods.

There is a misconception that managers are leaders or leaders are managers.
But leaders, and managers are entirely different people, as their roles and responsibilities are altogether different.
No doubt, they are the two faces of a coin. It can be comprehended by the following definition that "Leaders do the right things and managers do things right."
A more standard definition of manager is something like "managers work toward the organisation's goals using its resources in an effective and efficient manner."
If we are able to understand the role and responsibilities of a manager, we can work efficiently.
Managers are responsible to supervise and take charge of the activities and productivity of their teams.

They play an important role in managing the performance of their staff.

They are also involved in employee selection; career development, succession planning, execution, monitoring, evaluation, and working out compensation and rewards.
They are responsible for the growth and increase in the organisations' finances and earnings.

A manager must be endowed with certain basic qualities, they are:

Decision Making:

A manager makes organisational decisions and handles a variety of problems that arise on a daily basis.
You, as a manager, have to identify the problems, create choices and alternative courses of actions to solve them.
The daily routine of making decisions include determining how to approach an employee who is 'not performing or lack-
ing progress and how to bring about change to the organisation and its team.

It involves thinking and planning out strategies on how to improve quality and also being cost conscious and effective.



Goal setting:

In order to achieve long-term goals concrete strategies are to be prepared, and it should culminate in substantial earnings.
To achieve that, you have to communicate the vision of the organisation to your teams and superiors.
You have to clarify the goals and roles that each team member has to perform in tune with work, assignments, schedules and strategies.

Having set goals and planned out the directions, and its execution, it allows you, as a manager, to work with effective time management and finally, it

results in productivity, growth, and good earnings.


Guiding:

Your role as a manager or the head of a department of an organisation is to guide and give·right direction to the team.
Rather you have' to coach, train and support the teami so that they can perform effectively.
In order to meet the needs and objectives, they may need extra input, information or skills.
And you should be prepared to impart those things.



Empowering teams:

The performance of your teams depends upon your ability to empower them.
How well a member performs depends upon the motivation given by the boss.
Your task is to encourage and inspire others to improve the quality of their work, and even themselves. You need to instill
in them the desire to excel and accept resposiblity, rather a sense of responsiblity , and self-mangement.


The best way to Guide the team is to become an exemplary role model.