1. Monitor your work hours.
Set a limit and stick to it. It’s very easy to get sucked into working longer and longer hours just because you are new to the role and have so much to learn.
2. Recognise and manage your signs of stress.
Each of us has different reactions to stress. Unfortunately, when we are stressed, we often don’t realize it until it becomes too late and we get ill or it severely affects our performance.
3. Learn to delegate.
Failure to delegate is the most common failing of new managers.
Set a limit and stick to it. It’s very easy to get sucked into working longer and longer hours just because you are new to the role and have so much to learn.
2. Recognise and manage your signs of stress.
Each of us has different reactions to stress. Unfortunately, when we are stressed, we often don’t realize it until it becomes too late and we get ill or it severely affects our performance.
3. Learn to delegate.
Failure to delegate is the most common failing of new managers.
4. Communicate, communicate, communicate!
This means regular meetings with:
· your team members
· your boss.
5. Give praise and recognition regularly.
Even “Thank You’s” are important.
6. Focus on what is important, not what is urgent.
In particular, talk with your manager about the three most important priorities he/she has for you in your role. Make sure you focus on these at all times.
7. Ensure you have a balance between intellectual, physical and emotional activities.
Whilst people differ markedly in their biorhythms (the way we manage our mental, physical and emotional makeup), each of us needs to manage these three.
8. Find yourself a mentor.
This should be someone who has been or is a successful people manager.
