In the daily work of the project manager, the management team members will take up a lot of time. Compared with managing finances, managing people is always the most difficult. What are the easy ways to step on team management?
01
Silently
Don't say anything
In every team, it is inevitable that there will be some members who are not in place, and different project managers will have different plans for these members who are not in place.
However, in many cases, the project manager will choose to silently help the TA to deal with the aftermath. Only when there is a major mistake, will he communicate directly, but the mistake has already occurred, and no matter how to make up for it, it will only make up for it.
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1. When there is any problem at work, as long as the project manager sounds the alarm in his heart and thinks it is necessary to remind him, he should directly communicate with team members, point out their problems, and discuss how to avoid current minor mistakes. Only by putting the small problems in place can we ensure that the big problems do not appear.
2. Don't just talk about negative opinions. If members are making progress or doing well in any aspect, please let them know immediately.
02
Feedback is too general
Unable to execute
When team members have problems that need to be improved, the project manager should give them suggestions for improvement. But it is not enough to just put forward "opinions". A mature project manager also needs to make suggestions. This suggestion should be executable and allow team members to have a clear direction for improvement.
People have different understandings of the problem. If the problem of the team members can be improved, it is best to speak out the improvement plan directly. When the project manager makes suggestions to team members, remember to ask yourself: "Is there a sentence in what I said that can be directly improved? Is there a sentence that can be practiced?"
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If the project manager wants team members to improve the current way of communication, don't say: "You can't communicate with customers like this. Next time I will see that your communication is better than this time."
It can be said: "Next time you communicate with customers, you can use more question sentences to understand the customer's needs and specific wishes. In addition, listening carefully to customers is also a way of communication..."
03
1000 team members
1,000 project goals in mind
Just as you must write an annual goal at the beginning of the year to report your work, you must have a clear goal at the beginning of the project, and this goal can only be set and confirmed by the project manager.
A goal is like a beacon for team members on the ocean. Everyone needs to have a goal that can be seen, so that they can know where they are in the entire project team and work towards the goal together.
On the contrary, if the goal is not clear, everyone will use their energy in the opposite direction to the correct goal, and let the project move at full speed in different directions and go straight to the other side of failure.
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At the beginning of the project, the project manager must declare the two most critical pieces of information.
① What does each person in the team do and what effect do they want to achieve?
② What is the final outcome of the project as a whole?
04
project manager
I can't figure out my needs
We often complain to Party A: "The requirements change day by day. In the end, I chose the first version. Can't I think about it before mentioning the requirements?"
But when it comes to the team, the project manager sometimes cannot control himself and wants to change the previous settings. Set a good direction, or because of busy work, forget your previous instructions, and give a new instruction in the opposite direction, this kind of problem can be avoided and best avoided.
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To change this question, you have to look at the previous ones together. Clear goals can reduce the need for team members to make random changes; clear and executable opinions and suggestions can help team members avoid random changes. In addition, keeping meeting minutes can also help the team record every change in demand.
05
Manage everyone in the same way
Confucius has 72 disciples, and each of them insists on teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and understanding the different personalities of the students before teaching. Project managers, as managers in the new era, should also adapt to their talents and use different management for team members with different personalities. method.
This is a relatively advanced practice, and even some extremely successful managers may make mistakes on this point.
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The project manager needs to know more about your team members. What are they good at? what do you like? Under what kind of environment can you perform better? If you don’t observe enough, you can communicate directly. They may be a little nervous at first, but everyone wants to get the kind attention of others.
In addition, project managers should pay more attention to the career planning of team members. To cultivate a combat-capable project team, no matter now or in the future, we cannot relax.
Cultivating a good team is not easy. It requires the project manager and team members to work hard together. The project manager first does himself well, and the team will be more effective!
