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Overview

Division, department, and section managers require different skill sets than managers of a team or one person.

How to get work done through other managers and their people?

Key areas

  • Role model right behaviours and management practices.
  • Use coaching. Explore your manager’s relationships with their direct reports and how they coach and give feedback.
  • Acknowledge them in public for a job well done.
  • Give space and allow them to lead and discover what is authentic for them.
  • Allow time for their development, involve them,  and look for opportunities to observe them in action.
  • Get to know their team.
  • Be open to feedback and create opportunities to share their feedback with you.