WE ARE A TEAM!
Henry Ford once said, "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."
This quote makes a lot of sense to me for the past 2 months. I was on hiatus from LinkedIn, trying to spend all my energy on supporting my managers.
"Jameela, we need to make the launches happen".
My country manager's word is still playing in my mind, even when I'm sleeping.
I woke up one day from my sleep and decided, I'm going to do something I have not done effectively before. I need to start integrating everyone's strength towards the department goal. I'm managing a department of managers.
Manager BD - He is approaching the 60s. He did not run around like the young people but his strength is that all the procedures, rules, regulations and best practices knowledge at his finger tip. He knows every Adient Malaysia customer's development standard. I assigned him to Adient Malaysia top priority program in MY24 as that program is related to numbers of prominent customers.
Manager EF - He is approaching the 50s. He prefers to keep a peaceful relationship with everyone. No heated argument. He did not understand abstract instruction but he is willing to give 100% effort consistently. I assigned him to a program with a young and energetic team. The team keeps him on speed, chases him and makes him exposed to layers of issues that need to be managed.
Manager EFA - I hired him with only 1 interview and that interview was done by Manager BD. He cannot process 6-7 instructions at one time and requires his space to complete each task. However, he has good interactions with the customer and is willing to spend time on new applications. He was assigned to manage 8 launches that kept him busy with all application updates and socializing with customers. I can't spend time nagging him because it is not easy to find him 🤣
Manager MRH - He was hired from 70 resumes and recommended from top management. He migrated with his family to Malaysia when he accepted this job offer. He is very polite, always very calm and neat at his work. The only thing I worried about him is he kept working and sometimes forgot about taking enough rest. He has 8 launches under him and soon will become 12. I assigned him the most difficult program that needs daily updates to be sent with critical details. The motivation for him is I agreed to give him a slightly longer break once the tasks completed.
Between 4 of them, anytime one is too busy and needs assistance, the rest will be deployed to support. I kept myself busy clearing all the obstacles that made them dysfunctional, reviewing their work and reminding them of the do's and do not's.
It is not easy to manage a department but consider it done when everyone is highly effective.
Fly high, we are welcoming FY24!
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Director of Marketing and Communications at Visit Roseville, Leadership St. Paul ‘23 Cohort Member
2moWhat an achievement!