The Value of Management
- The job of management is to help teams achieve their goals by equipping people and managing resources.
- Management does overlap with leadership, especially in small organizations, but generally speaking management is more focused on optimizing daily operations, while leadership spends more time on strategy, culture, resource development, and monitoring organizational performance.
- Even if we don’t hold a formal management position, we can help by focusing on team goals and optimizing team-level execution.
Management Self Check
Check yourself on the following daily practices, and choose a focus for learning and development:
- 1. I proactively include people to make sure they know they are valued members of the team.
- 2. I align our team goals to help accomplish our overall practice goals.
- 3. I allocate tasks, staff time, and resources to optimize our workload.
- 4. I support people with education, coaching, mentoring, and other supports they need to accomplish our work and develop their talent.
- 5. I look for ways to optimize workflows for the benefit of our patients and our team.
Articles
- Time to Get Serious about Improving Morale (American Management Association)
- Team Management Skills – The Core Skills You Need to Manage Your Team (Mind Tools)
- How to Create a High-Learning Team (Center for Creative Leadership)
- Maximizing Team Success (American Management Association)
- Establishing Team Membership (American Management Association)
- New Managers: Prepared to Fail? (American Management Association)
Podcasts
- Podcast: John Kotter on Adjusting Your Management Style (American Management Association)
- Podcast: Leonard Berry and Kent Seltman on Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic (American Management Association)
Videos