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

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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