A manager's role is to provide his or her staff with the support necessary to succeed. "Teaching" managers are well equipped to do just that. These managers have the skills necessary to help high achievers continue forward while also helping low performers rise upward. Learn more about the traits of a "teaching" manager and how you can adopt them into your own management practices.

1. A manager’s job is to lift up employees and help them succeed, and
employees need individual attention to be successful, from the high
performers who want praise and recognition to the low performers
who require extra attention.
“Teaching” managers are better equipped to help all employees
improve, tackle bigger challenges, and take on more responsibility.
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WAYS TO BE A
“TEACHING” MANAGER
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Think through potential
obstacles and pitfalls and
make backup planning part
of every work plan.
Provide advice, support,
motivation, and even
inspiration once in a while.
Get input.
Listen carefully.
Monitor, measure, and
document individual
performance in writing.
Talk about what’s going
right, wrong, and average
at every step of the way.
Turn best practices into
standard operating
procedures, and teach
them to everybody.
Remind everybody of
broad performance
standards regularly.
Focus on concrete actions
within the control of the
individual employee.
Follow up, follow up,
follow up, and provide
regular, candid feedback.
Answer questions.
Learn from what your
employees are learning
on the front line.
Strategize together.