How Managers Drive Results and Employee Engagement at the Same Time

How Managers Drive Results and Employee Engagement at the Same Time

by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman

https://hbr.org/2017/06/how-managers-drive-results-and-employee-engagement-at-the-same-time

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Article Summary:

Some managers can be result oriented by being hard task masters and some managers can have the best employee engagement and do not have the best performance. Many people contend that having both is quite difficult but based on the analysis carried out by the authors this is quite possible. It seems that not only is it possible to do both things well, but the best leaders are the very ones who manage to do both. Based on the analysis it is found that the new generation or the younger managers based on the age demographics have a higher percentage of managers having both the skills compared to older demographics. leaders who were under 30 years of age were two to three times as likely to be effective at both results and engagement than their older compatriots. Nearly one-third of the group under 30 years of age achieved both priorities well. It is emphasized that the younger managers do separate their work and their lives, and therefore they are more successful.

Below are the 6 powerful skills that will transform the managers to achieve the traits of successful managers

1. Communicates clear strategy and direction
2. Inspires and motivates
3. Establish stretch goals
4. Has high integrity and inspires trusts
5. Develop others
6. Is coachable

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Relevance to Leadercore:

This article is important to be a future manager or leader of the future. It gives us a practical knowledge and a realistic situation about what are the common traits missing in the managers of today. We need to be result oriented as well as engage our employees in order to get the best performance out of them. Communication is one of the leading skills which is required in order to achieve both the traits. Sharpening our soft skills and skills to interact with your superiors as well as reportees. This article help students to learn the importance of the skills required to become a leader for future and what is the bridge which we need to gap in order to be a successful leader for tomorrow.