Lessons I've Learned About Leading Managers in IT

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You need to know when to say you need to think, but you also need to know when to keep quiet. Don't fall into the trap of micromanagement, and yet communicate regularly and clearly. Think about the company's goals, but keep in mind that you are leading people. Leading people who lead people is a skill in itself, here's what I've learned so far.

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Leading people is a challenging task, but leading people who lead vk database people is a completely new challenge and additional responsibility that requires a new approach .

The key difference is that you no longer have a direct influence on employees, but you achieve it through others. So how to lead leaders successfully so that both they and the people they are responsible for are satisfied? Does the leadership style have to change in that case?

Not necessarily, but some things like the way you communicate, motivate, and create strategy need to change. You still lead the individual, but your influence is much greater , which means you have to be more careful and better at some things.

The trap of micromanagement
The first thing that will change when you start leading leaders is that you no longer have direct influence, and this may be difficult to accept. Sometimes it will seem easier to solve someone's problem or do someone else's job. However, the question is, should you do it? Almost all the things you have been doing up until now are no longer your job, but have to be done by the people you lead.

You'll probably fall into the trap of over-explaining and over-checking your managers at some point . When you're directly managing employees, their mistakes tend to affect a smaller group of people. However, when managers you're responsible for make mistakes, it can affect a larger number of people, so it's natural to want to minimize mistakes .