A positive change in management will positively change the organization
Management was considered a skill and an art. People said that leaders are born. So people said that leaders could be inspired. Now people say that leaders can be trained. It is true that we can be trained and taught to become leaders. Management is a leadership skill. The best leadership of all time is leadership by example. If the example is correct, the understanding will be complete. If the example is not correct, then the understanding will not be correct.
Companies and organizations have managers and levels of management. Smaller companies may have only one management level and there may be only one person as a manager. Larger corporations have different levels of management. There may be junior managers who deal directly with entry-level employees. There may be middle managers who interact between the junior managers and the senior managers. There could be a senior management team that would be at the top of the organizational structure.
If an organization was set up to be larger, the management would have been planned and structured in advance. Most of the organizations that are famous around the world now weren’t planned to be when they started. If you take any of the giant companies, corporate companies, or organizations, most of them weren’t meant to become global entities. In fact, some of today’s successful and global businesses were opened for fun. We can consider the United Nations as one of the few organizations that were destined to be global when they were established.
Change becomes necessary when the organization is transformed from a small group of people having fun to a larger entity of importance in society. When Facebook was launched, it consisted of a single administrator; the founder himself. It now has more than 10,000 employees with different levels of management. Google started with two people. It now has more than 57,000 employees around the world. This is the transformation that occurs when a company or organization grows.
All companies had to face the problem of moving from a smaller stage to a larger one. Once transformed, organizations that changed their management structure accordingly were able to survive. The management of any organization that resisted the change had to pay the price of losing the organization. If an analysis is made of the organizations, companies or corporate businesses that were closed or sold, then the management would be responsible for ending up in such situations.
The most effective management mode is to lead by example. An army is a controlled system that is run on command. One of the most important aspects in the military is that the leader who is giving an order also follows that order. For example, if a soldier is required to wear a uniform, then the battalion commander should do the same. If a soldier is required to carry out training exercises, the commander is also required. In other words, the military are successful organizations not because leaders or managers have a lot of authority, but because they lead by example.
Simply put, if a manager keeps his table clean all the time, he can ask his subordinates to keep it clean. There will be no opposition. Since subordinates know that their boss always keeps his table clean, they will have no excuse or reason to give it to him. The leader gains his authority through his exemplary behavior and not by yelling at people.
Since management is essentially leadership, you must lead by example. Top management’s duty is to ensure that there are exemplary leaders in middle management. Middle management is made up of the most sensitive links to the most critical positions. The middle management of any organization is the bridge between the workforce and the managerial force. If the bridge is not right, then the journey will not be completed.
As organizations transform from small to large, the middle management gap arises. Top managers might be able to manage 10 employees but not 100. If top management decides to manage all staff without middle managers, it is like building a suspension bridge with no poles in between. It will work up to a certain length. If the bridge exceeds the optimal length, then the strength would be in question.
The same goes for a growing business. There must be changes to address the needs of tomorrow. Most organizations fail because they try to address problems that occurred yesterday and forget to think and plan to avoid problems tomorrow. In the long run, this type of organization will have accumulated problems from the past and will also face problems in the future.
Management aspects must change so that management is able to think, anticipate and identify potential problems in the future. Then they should be able to prepare to face and solve problems before the problems hit the organization. If management doesn’t take this into account, day-to-day problems will keep all staff busy solving problems. While everyone is busy trying to solve the problems, the regular scheduled tasks will be missed. Missed assignments will create new problems in the future. Since the direction is not willing to change, the same will happen in a loop.
Some managers do not consider themselves as examples. The manager may think that it is not supposed to be an example, but the employee will always see the manager as an example. If the manager is not punctual, then the employee will either become like the manager or will not like the manager. If people don’t like other people, it’s hard to take tasks away from them. If you are a manager and your employee does not want to take tasks away from you, then you are in trouble.
Every aspect of the manager is fundamental to the organization. If there are five different managers in an organization, they should all stand together and lead by example. Employees who look at managers must have the impression of becoming like managers. In some organizations, the founders or owners make sure that the staff like the direction. If someone in management is spoiling the name of the entire management, that person would generally be fired.
Some say that the only job of a manager is to hire staff. I totally disagree. The only job of a manager is to manage. Management is an aspect of leadership. The best leadership is to lead by example. To be a positive example, the manager must be positive in all his qualities. If the manager is positive in every way, the employees will like the manager. If employees like the manager, they will listen. If the manager asks them to do something, they will. A positively qualified example manager is only going to ask for something good for the organization. In the end, a positive change in management will positively change the organization.
