Are you finding as a manager that you have many issues and obstacles to face? Well don't worry - all great managers have them!

1. 10
Problems Great
Managers Face

2. #1 Change Is Faster Than
We Can Cope With
It’s the only constant in business, we all know
external changes drive the complex situations faced
by business today – managers have to be versatile
and agile in their thoughts and actions

3. #2 Time
Can’t Be
Managed
The only thing you can do
is to manage yourself and
your tasks in the time you
have available. Today’s
managers have to
prioritise their workload in
a way that concentrates
on the important, and
caters for the urgent.

4. #3 You’ll Never
Keep Up With
Technology
You need to settle on
the best technology
that does the job for
you and ensure that
you’re not swayed by
every new gadget or
process that claims to
save 1% here or £5
there.

5. #4 Customers’
Demands
Increase
Exponentially
Just when you think you’ve
got everything right in
terms of the service you
give your clients, a
competitor comes along
and raises the bar in terms
of customer expectations.
By being aware of what
those expectations are,
you make sure you keep
ahead of the game.

6. Bear in mind that your people need opportunities to advance and progress, or
their stagnation in a role may drive them to seek alternative ways of
developing and progressing that may involve looking to other companies.

7. #6 Gen X, Gen Y & Millenials Require
Different Motivational Drivers
New, younger team members
joining your company may
require different and more
varied motivational factors
than people who have been
with you for many years. You
need to keep up to speed
with what drives these
younger people to perform.

8. #7 Dealing With Competitive Factors
Your
company has
to keep pace
with
different
forms of
competition
that are
leaner and
more
efficient than
ever before.
You have to
keep up with
the way your
market is
developing
and who
your
customers
are looking at
to solve their
problems.

9. #8 You need to evolve your strategies,
processes and tactics in ways that match the
market needs
If you are still trying to run your systems and
processes as you did seven years ago, you will
fail without trace. The way you run things has
to be different because the world demands it
to be.

10. #9 Your Leadership Style Has To Be
More Adaptable Than Ever
You need to be more variable than ever in the way you lead your staff to achieve the results
they are capable of. One-size-fits-all management will not cut it today. Being a leader of
people involves accentuating the business opportunities that come your way and assisting all
staff to develop the new skills needed in the new world of work.

11. #10 Find The Time To
Develop Your Own Skills
Very often we find the last
person a manager thinks about
sending on a training
workshop or embarking on a
learning programme is
themselves. When was the last
time you read a book, listened
to a CD or watched a DVD on
leadership? How much time
have you spent developing
you? Finding the time to keep
up with the latest ideas on
management and leadership is
often put on the back burner
for managers. You need to
devote time to the greatest
resource you will ever
have…your own potential for
improvement.

12. These aren’t the only ten problems great
managers face; there are many more that test
you and suck the energy from you on a daily
basis. But the most important thing is to
recognise them, face up to them and identify
how each one can be dealt with so you
progress towards the goals you are trying to
achieve