Three Must-Have Qualities of the Modern Manager

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From ever-changing employment laws, an economy that’s sputtering toward improvement and a diverse workforce, today’s managers are facing challenges that taken alone would make things difficult, but taken together can be almost overwhelming. Essential qualities for managers in today’s workforce are a bit different than those managers in the past needed for success, but they all boil down to one commonality: the ability to adapt to a quicksilver work environment.

 

Extreme Flexibility

Flexibility is a concept often bandied about for management success, but proving your adaptability to change is a far cry from just using the word in a resume. Today’s managers must be able to bend with changes to the laws that govern their industry and the workforce as a whole, to workforces that expand and contract based on need, and with an economy that sometimes means making difficult decisions at a moment’s notice.

 

A Love of Diversity

Today’s workforce is possibly the most diverse in America’s history, especially in one regard: employee ages. It’s not uncommon to have employees representing four generations working side-by-side, and for managers, supervising all ages of employees is the norm rather than the exception. For managers, this means accommodating radically divergent work behaviors, learning styles, and skill levels.

 

Technological Know-How

The days of working a none-to-five job and leaving the office behind on nights and weekends are long past. Managers in the modern workforce are connected 24-7, by an array of devices and platforms that can be dizzying. But those devices and platforms can change with lightning speed, so managers who want to stay in touch with their employees, their organization and their industry need to stay abreast of the latest devices, social media platforms and other digital trends.

 

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