These three ‘A’s will help keep your mindset as a manager in the right place. 

Acceptance – some things will just happen. You may not get the budget you asked for, you may not have inherited the team you would have hired, and many things will come out of nowhere or not go the way you’d like. There are some things you can’t conrol and you just have to acknowledge it and accept it. Now how will you take this forward? 

Management manuals can be helpful, as can job descriptions but what exactly is the job of a manager. Remember these three fundamentals and you won’t go far wrong. 

One of the most under-used yet most effective tools in the manager's toolbox; listening. It can give you the answer to so many questions.

Managers: as a someone who worked for years in various managerial posts and found themselves often anxious, overwhelmed and stressed, this is for you. I’m now a coach who works with managers every day, and this is what I wish I knew then that I know now.

There can be many measures for how well you’re doing your job, but whether the team are ‘happy’ or not is a good one.

When I ask clients what ‘good’ looks like for them at work, the phrase ‘people are happy with what I’m doing’ is often heard. Whether it’s the first answer they give or perhaps the third or fourth as they reflect and think about it, it’s often there.

When people get promoted into a senior management role for the first time, while it’s great for their career, it can be daunting.

Suddenly they are not just leading a team, they are at the top table and impressions, reputation and perceptions become more important. The higher you go up the corporate ladder, the more people you meet and the less they know of you as a person or what you have achieved.