Resources
- How to manage managers (3 min read) - HBR article
- Six Tips for Managing Managers (5 min read) - The Management Centre
- Managing managers: How's it different (5 min read)
Overview
Division, department, and section managers require different skill sets from single individual or team managers.
How to get work done through other managers and their people?
Key areas
- Role model right behaviours and management practices.
- Use coaching. Explore your manager’s relationships with their direct reports and how they coach and give feedback.
- Acknowledge them in public for a job well done.
- Give space and allow them to lead and discover what is authentic for them.
- Allow time for their development, involve them, and look for opportunities to observe them in action.
- Get to know their team.
- Be open to feedback and create opportunities for them to share it with you.