How to Be a Good Department Manager

Author: Zhou Yuhuan
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Life has many steps, and becoming an outstanding department supervisor, navigating the career path with success, is one of the steps to a successful life. A department supervisor is a leadership position. We can understand this concept from its name: "main" means to lead, and "manage" means to manage, which is to lead and manage a department. Management is efficiency, management is effectiveness, and management is about getting others to do things. How to make your team work efficiently is both a science and a leadership art. Being a good department supervisor is not an overnight achievement. Commanding others is not like what Li Hongzhang said when educating his son, "If you can't even become an official, what else can you do?" You cannot be condescending or bossy just because you are in a leadership position. You must be good at coordination and communication, skilled in management and command, both amiable and approachable, yet firm and authoritative, making your employees feel that you are the best supervisor they have ever met.