5 Ways to Become a Better Manager

When it comes to being a good manager, there really aren’t any quick fixes, says Jim Clemmer, management team developer and author (

www.clemmer.net

). Here are five of his common-sense tips he recommends to get you going in the right direction:

1. Continuous improvement. Always asking yourself if what is being done is the right thing and if it is, is it being done in the right way?
    
2. Laughter and fun. High performers often have highly developed senses of humor. They want to have fun, and they’re playful in their lives.
    
3. Keeping it real. Alignment between who you really are and where you’re taking your team. Whoever you are, your team will be at least partially a reflection of that.
    
4. Taking action. You act your way into new ways of thinking more easily than you think your way into new ways of acting.
    
5. You blaze your own improvement path. There is not a right or wrong path; the most important thing is that you have an improvement plan or process.