Managerial Strengths Dr. Molly Barrow Matchlines Relationships Self help

A great managerial strength is to recognize one's limitations and focus critical initial work on assembling “the team.” The team is a work family of exceptional expertise in broad categories who can work independently and at the highest level. A management style that listens to employees as partners from the bottom up rather than the top down is more efficient than the reverse. Maintain the concept that there is always a better way. As a start-up venture the responsibility for personnel, both paid staff and volunteers often requires employee perquisites and flexibility of management in lieu of top pay. There is wisdom in always listening to unique employee needs that assist them to work at their best and within reason have management meet those requests. A leader must be bold in his or her decision-making and calculated in risk taking to meet mercurial challenges, yet remain tempered with advice from all available sources. The ability to change direction, adapt and transform into a more efficient machine is a strength not a weakness.