by Homerun Nievera, Negosentro.com |
If you work in a position where you oversee other employees, then you already know that management is both an art and a science, and that doing it well takes real skill. The best managers excel at a variety of abstract tasks, from organization to prioritization to goal setting. Without these skills, the job can be frustrating, and your performance can suffer.
Curiously, though, many people in management positions are never actually trained for the work they do. Granted, most people holding managerial positions are highly skilled at the type of work their company does, but few of them ever specifically study management best practices. And all too often, that lack of knowledge is reflected in their performance on the job.
If you are a current or aspiring manager, and you are unsure whether you have the hard skills required to excel at the job, then a course of management training could be exactly what you need. Not only will training ground you in the key principles of management, it will have many other positive benefits for your career, as well.
Here is an overview of the most important of those benefits:
1. Management Training Gives You Skills You Can Apply Immediately
Many people considering a course in management have the false impression that the only real benefit it provides is a certificate or diploma. They worry they are doing it only for the credential, and that they won’t actually learn anything applicable.
Nothing could be further from the truth. High quality management training UK will provide students with a comprehensive overview of theoretical and practical ideas, many of which you can begin using immediately on the job. Among other things, management trainees will learn about the specific techniques that top executives use to organize their workforces, oversee their cash flow, find and retain clients, and market their businesses.
Along with those specific ideas, training is frequently heavily focused on “case studies,” in which students read and consider real life examples of decisions faced by executives. These case studies lay out the conditions, the alternatives, the executive’s final decision, and then explain the short and long-term ramifications. Through analysing these case studies, students will notice principles and ideas that are applicable to any business. Successful trainees often refer back to case studies years later to help them make decisions.
2. Management Training Will Help You Grow Your Business
After you complete training, you will be better at spotting new ways to pursue clients, and devising new services that you can offer to your clients. By broadening your horizons and exposing you to a broad array of new business techniques, training will open your eyes to opportunities that you might have missed previously, and enable you to capitalize upon them.
This applies not only to the ways you interact with clients, but also to the way you interact with those you manage. Your training will give you new ideas for motivating and incentivizing your employees, who after all are you essential resource when it comes to growing your business. And even if training contributes to a modest increase in your business and revenue, it can more than pay for itself and become a worthwhile investment.
3. Management Training Looks Good to Employees
If you are already in a management position, then you understand the importance of commanding the respect of those working under you. A key component of earning their respect is being highly qualified for the position you hold. If you are well trained in management, then nobody can dispute your qualifications. Holding such a certification makes it clear that you deserve to be in your position, and those who work for you will treat you accordingly.
This happens in part because they knew you have the certification, but it happens for subtler reasons as well. By improving your performance as a manager, you implicitly show your qualifications. Your employees don’t necessarily need to know that you are trained in management. If they sense that you are competent and good at your job, they will know to treat you accordingly.
4. Management Training Increases Your Appeal to Employers
Employers want to know that you are smart, skilled, and qualified for the tasks they give you. Even if you already have the first two boxes checked, they may wonder if you are up to the task of being a manager if you don’t have any training in the field. By completing a certification course, you can assuage any doubts they might have about your abilities when it comes to management. They will know that you are acquainted with the key principles of good management, and that you will be able to work in a self-directed manner. They may even want to have your expertise on their team to advise them when they run into dilemmas related to management issues.
This is valuable both at your current workplace, and for any future jobs you might try to get. If you are applying for a job at a new company, they probably won’t be acquainted with your current company’s operations, and they won’t have any way to know whether you are familiar with essential management techniques. However, they are very likely to know what a management certification involves, and if they know that you have one, they won’t have any concerns about your ability to achieve within their company.
5. A Management Certificate Is Portable
One of the great benefits of management certificates is how easily they translate to work at another company, or even within another industry. No matter what a specific company does, the fundamentals of effective management remain largely the same. Motivating employees, finding new business, and tracking progress against goals are all basically the same, no matter what specific business they pertain to. So once you demonstrate your ability at these tasks, you’ll be able to work in any industry you might choose. And if you choose to switch industries, you will have a leg up even on people already working in that area. Management skills are highly portable, and that makes you a very versatile and desirable worker.
BONUS VIDEO: 6 Time Management Tips to Increase Productivity
[embedplusvideo height=”400″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1JONlpd” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/3KafgR2WEgY?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=3KafgR2WEgY&width=600&height=400&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep9359″ /]
* * *
Looking into more articles for C-Level leaders? Check out ExecutiveChronicles.com.
* * *
Homerun Nievera is a serial techpreneur, digital marketer and professional speaker.
Apart from managing tech enterprises, Homerun is the publisher of a blogazine network that delivers niche content to its audience.
He also a Certified Distance Educator from the University of the Philippines and has launched Edusentro.com with the objective of bringing free education to under-served areas everywhere.
As a blogger, Homerun writes across various topics but looks into techpreneruship as his main course.
He seeks to help entrepreneurs build their digital presence and make a difference. Follow Homerun on Twitter @bnievera or like his page on Facebook.
