LINE MANAGERS Q&A... “My team has a dotted lines to another manager; how can I make this work better for all?”

THE CHALLENGE
Undefined reporting line can cause havoc with communication and productivity! Even when lines are defined sometimes an over enthusiastic senior manager or peer might be stepping in too often/quickly for the team to understand who to turn to when they have an issue.

THE SOLUTION

• Hold a meeting with others involved in managing your team to define the split between Technical Management accountability (projects, products etc) and Personal Management accountability (1:1’s, holiday requests, development etc)
• Draw up an org chart that represents these two separate areas
• Hold meeting with team members to highlight this and how it might work going forwards
• Review regularly and if any oversteps the mark deal with immediately to ensure everyone is one the same page.

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Many managers start their first manager role not fully understanding what the role is. For smaller fast-growing companies, this is usually because they simply haven’t had to think about it before and want to remain flexible as the role grows. For larger companies it could be down to lack of development planning around the transition from role to role.

THE SOLUTION:
If you're the Manager that needs clarity, take the lead on this. Approach your boss and ask for a conversation to help define your role and what is expected from you.

If you're the boss, take time to consider the key things you want from your line managers and ways you can support them to learn and grow in the role. (Keep it simple, focus on the top 3 things to start with and set milestone review dates to follow up.)

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