The question is what makes a ‘good’ manager, not a perfect manager. Perfect managers do not exist because perfect people do not exist. But there is a big difference between good bosses and bad bosses. So what can you do to be a good boss?

Ask questions
Nobody likes to work for a know-it-all. Managers who ‘know it all’ make employees feel unappreciated and as if they were not needed. Good bosses realize that their employees operate in the value zone – they have direct contact with customers or produce the goods the company is selling. Employees often have the expertise to tell the higher-ups how products or customer service could be improved. Asking questions often and including employees’ expertise in the decision-making process can fast-track a manager’s career and increase productivity. Implementing processes to continuously seek employees input can help in creating a ‘best places to work’-type organizational culture.

Be interesting
It is amazing how many managers still operate in ‘command and control’ mode. Think of comics depicting ‘the nagging wife’ – the concept of ‘nagging’ does not produce desired long-term results. You want your employees to be creative, accountable and take charge. You want them to be proud of what they do – even if their job is to clean the bathroom in a fast food restaurant. Convey to your employees the mission, vision and values of your organization and make them part of the business. Connect them to the organization. By doing so, you will make their work more enjoyable. Show some humor, learn about employees’ hobbies, be authentic and show that you are about a greater vision – not just about yourself. By being interesting and shifting focus on your company’s mission, vision and values, you will create a solid foundation for motivating your staff.

Control your emotions
The Leadership Freak suggests doing the opposite of what one feels. If you feel like you deserve praise, give it. If you feel like pitying yourself, pity someone else who works longer or more difficult hours (many people never have a weekend off and work on holidays). If you feel like you deserve attention, pay very good attention to someone else’s problems or accomplishments. You will learn that this is one of the best ways to ‘get over’ yourself. In addition, if you have had a bad day and are about to bark at your cleaning service, ask yourself, “Do I really mean to act negatively?” In reality, you probably want these particular workers to continue doing a great job. So tell them that and smile instead of venting your frustrations. It is surely difficult to always appear as if you have all your ducks in a row and to not become unkind when stressed, but with a little bit of experience and an informal network of friends, family and peers who will help you find balance, you can learn to effectively control your emotions without feeling burned out.

In some companies, we usually see some levels of managements. It starts with the lowest level of companies’ management, the staff. Usually, some staff is supervised by a supervisor and some supervisors must report to the division managers. Those division managers must report to the operational managers. Furthermore, the operational managers must report to the senior manager.  There are several managers under the senior manager, such as the operational managers, the human resources manager, accounting managers, and marketing managers.

These levels or managerial are created to make sure that all operational in the company will be able to be controlled perfectly. In a giant corporation, it will be a little bit impossible for the leader to control directly to the staff. That is why, they need some assistance and the lower managerial levels are the assistance. All of those elements must work excellently to make sure that the company will be run perfectly.

If there are some sectors that made some mistakes, the managers must make some direct actions and made some kinds of critical decision in order to avoid some further impacts. That is why; the managers must have the ability to judge the case excellently because the clear judgment will lead to the perfect decision.

What is the key factor of a success of a company? Was it about the excellent product? Or was it because the powerful money source? Those elements are important as some key factors of a company’s success, but the real key factor is not that. They key factor of a company’s success is the excellent management. A perfect management will be able to handle the company, even if it only has small financial source.

The perfect management will be able to manage the excellent products into the excellent products and develop the business into the better stages. The point is, in this case, the excellent managerial skills from the managers hold the most important role in a company’s life. The survival of the company depends on the capability of the managers. The managers must be able to make some important decisions.

Some managers in a company must be able to make some critical decisions that may impact the whole company’s activities. They must be able to make sure that they may handle some strange and extreme conditions and turn it into the perfect condition for the company. The point is, the manager must have the ability to lead the company.