First, learn to manage

How many people, when promoted to their first management roll, receive management training?

The answer is, very few!  Yet if you have ever had a good manager, or a really good teacher or even had good parents, you already know the value that is missing.

I ask two important questions during an interview, where the answers almost always identify a good hire vs a poor hire.  The first is, "Tell me about the best manager you have worked for so far".  The second question is "Tell me about the one person that has been most influential".

The winning answer for the first question is far too rare.  The winning answer for the second question of course is to name a parent, or both, and describe a good example, healthy discipline, a loving family and strong values.

A manager's job is to help ensure the success of their group, achieving company goals.  Likewise, the parents job to ensure the life success of their children.

It may be rare to receive specific managerial training, or even parental training for that matter.  But make no mistake, successful managers, as well as successful parents, take that part of their job very seriously!

Look around for yourself, poor management is everywhere.  It even works for a while.  But why settle?

Management is easy, when you do it!