5. Would you like to work in management?

The profession of manager is really popular nowadays. Almost every university and academy has a faculty where you can learn how to be a manager. As for me I don’t like it. I believe that there are people who are really talented managers and who can create an effective process of production. But I’m not that kind of person. I'm a good performer, but a bad leader. And I fully agree with those who say that you should do what you can do better. I can’t get the idea that you work in the sphere where you can’t be the perfect worker. Maybe in future I could be a manager but after some courses, maybe MBA, so I’ll be more experienced and educated than I am now.

6. What kind of people do well working in management?

Not everyone can become a good manager. A good manager can motivate people, learn from previous mistakes, and gain respect from a team. You should understand some things in order to become a specialist in your field. You need to understand that there are things that motivate everyone and these are some common themes such as families or the fact that every person wants to make smth new and different and needs to be respected. You also need to understand how everyone is unique and different to the way you as a manager are. The secret is to try to know what the world looks like from the eyes of another person. In order to do that you need to be very good at asking questions and listening to people.

There are several steps to succeed in management and become a good one:

• Motivate people. Why are the employees there? What keeps them with your organization and stops them from going somewhere else? What makes the good days good? What makes them stick with the organization after a bad day or a bad week? Don't assume it's money - most people aren't that one-dimensional.

• Make sure each employee knows what's expected. Having concrete goals empowers your employees and keeps them focused on work. Clearly outline what you expect, when the deadline is, and what you'll do with the results.

• Delegate. You're a manager because you're good at what you do, but that doesn't mean you're supposed to do everything yourself. Your job as a manager is to teach other people how to do a good job.

• Keep the door open. Communicate. Always remind people that if they have any questions or concerns, you're ready and willing to listen. Maintaining an open channel of communication will make you aware of problems quickly, so that you can fix them as soon as possible.

• Let people make mistakes. As a manager, you take responsibility for other people's actions, so the last thing you want to do is be responsible for someone else's mistakes. In an attempt to be proactive and prevent mistakes, you might give careful instructions and create clear, strict standards. But are you making people afraid of mistakes? Do they always check with you about every little thing, reluctant to make their own decisions because they might not do it correctly? That ends up making the employees more dependent on you, which makes them less effective and unnecessarily drains a significant portion of your time.

• Treat everyone equally. Many times, favoritism happens on a subconscious level. The tendency is to give more positive recognition to the people who remind us of ourselves somehow and who actually like us, rather than to the people who make the biggest contributions to the organization. Some people shy away from positive feedback but appreciate it nonetheless. So avoid favoritism, you win respect by treating people the same.