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The need for good managers today is increasing as people change jobs more frequently.  Having good managers can help reduce turn over as well as increase productivity.  I believe that just about anyone can be a good manager even though some people possess an inherent ability to manage.

There are many skills to being a good manager and a lot of these skills can be learned through proper training.  Listed below are a number of things that can help make you a better manager:

• Have confidence in yourself to do a good job but continuing to learn and get trained on new things to help increase you confidence.
• The best managers are the one’s that have great people skills and know how to handle a variety of different personalities.  If you can’t handle people you shouldn’t be a manager.
• A manager should be honest and straight forward.  Then the people who work for you will trust you more.
• Be consistent and do what you say.  This also builds trust and respect from your staff.
• Ask for input from your staff.  This gives them a sense of self-worth and that their opinion matters.  This make them more engaged to want to succeed.
• Be flexible with decisions.  There is typically more than one way to do something correctly. 
• Be willing to try new things.  Other people have great ideas that they may have learned from their past jobs that you may not have thought of.  Be open to these ideas.
• Have a plan of action and a schedule to follow through on those plans.

Review the list above and see where you might need to improve upon.  The effective manager continues to learn and works at getting better.  If you make a mistake, admit it and move on.  Your staff doesn’t expect you to be perfect, so don’t try to.  Good luck!!