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What great managers do differently – consequences for HRPresentation based on the article „What great managers do differently“ of Susan M. Heathfield
By Christiane Baumann, 11.11.2010Course: New Trends in HRLecturer: Terry George
What you (hopefully) will have learned in the end:
•Common wisdom is not always true
•The core tasks of a normal manager
•The core tasks of a great manager
•What does this mean for HR?
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Tasks of a normal manager:
1. Select a person based on experience,
intelligence and education
2. Set expectations by defining the right steps
3. Motivate the person by helping him identify
and overcome his weaknesses
4. Develop the person by helping him learn
and get promoted
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What does this tell us?!
•People don‘t change that much.
•Don‘t waste time trying to put in what was
left out.
•Try to draw out what was left in.
•That is hard enough!
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Conclusions of Buckingham & Coffman
•Based on interviews with over
80.000 successful managers
•Gallup Organization
Great managers break every
rule characterized as
conventional wisdom when
dealing with the selection,
motivation and development of
staff
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Let‘s have a look to the back & front:1. When selecting someone…
they select for talent2. When setting expectations…
they define the right outcomes3. When motivating someone…
they focus on strengths4. When developing someone…
they help him find the right fit
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1. Select people based on talent
… Not because of experience, education or intelligence
Talent is: a recurring pattern of thought, feeling or behavior that can be productively applied
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2. When setting expectations for employees, establish the right outcomes
• Micromanaging is a mistake!
• Great managers assist each
individual to establish goals that
are congruent with the needs of the
organization
• they let each employee find the right path
to reach the outcomes
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3. When motivating an individual, focus on strength
• everybody has unique strength• If you help people becoming more of who they already are it will lead to success
• Find out what motivates each staff member and try to provide more of it in his work environment• manage around the weakness
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4. Find the right job fit for each person
• Help each person find roles where his unique combination of strengths match the distingt demands of the role
• guide the employee toward roles where he has the greatest chance of success
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1. Selecting for talent
•Realistic testing
•Behavioral interviewing
•Look for patterns of talent in application
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2. Defining the right outcomes
•Coach the managers in more partizipative
styles of working
•Establish organization-wide goals
•Think of reward system
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3. Focusing on strength
•Promote a work environment in which
people feel motivated to contribute
•Make certain that individual strenghts are
nurtured
•Design reward, recognition, compensation
& performance development systems
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4. Finding the right fit
•Familiarize yourself with every position in
the organization & with the talents and
capabilities of each person
•Keep excellent documentation
•Development promotion & hiring process
which supports placing people in positions
that „fit“
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Conclusion• Implications of this findings are enormous!!
Assess each individual’s talents and skills.
Then provide training, coaching and
development opportunities that will help the
person increase these skills. Compensate for
or manage around weaknesses.
• Is this realistic and possible?
•Does this meet your personal opinion?
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What you (hopefully) will have learned in the end:
•Common wisdom is not always true (?!)
• The core tasks of a normal manager
• The core tasks of a great manager
•What does this mean for HR?
Did you??
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