It strikes me particularly from our non football threads that we all have very different styles when it comes to trying to get our points across which in the real world probably reflects in our ways of dealing with business and personal relationships. Our football managers have all had their different ways, I think we all agree that GT was the best we ever had and his style I believe was very much driver but almost schizo in that off the coaching area he bacame the players friend. Some of us prefer the coercive approach, personally I always believe the best way to get somebody to do the right thing is to make it their idea whereas others may believe that just dictating is the way to go. I guess it depends on who you are managing and how effective recruiyment has been but when it comes to our non football threads what is the best way to achieve the right result in terms of others opinions? Sometimes indeed many times our minds are completely closed to others ideas....
Well, I think you're totally wrong on that point and I shall continue to insult you until you agree that my way is best. My way - is to bombard the players with my doctrinaire and resort to infantile name-calling until they are cowed, beaten and frightened to disagree.
Yup, I am also considerably older than then. However my wife is now considerably younger than the one shown.
Inclusivity and making people feel that they are important and an essential part of the team and what it is trying to achieve have always been the keys for me. A more dictatorial role can really undermine people and destroy confidence. I also think that anyone who has to rule through force and fear probably has no real confidence in tehir ideas - if they did they could implement them in a respectful way.
Alternatively, what is the best way to manage us. I bet I'm difficult to manage as I don't seem to react in the normal way to the usual managerial stimuli. For example, I once worked in sales. My sales figures dropped when we were put on a more commission based pay system.
Surely the best management style is the one that adapts to the player being "managed". One style does not fit all. Some players respond well to being encouraged, some to being "hair-dried".
Unlike vic everything is not black and white,sometime you work together ,then you can ask people ,others work best if they are told in a nice way
Man management- knowing who to throw the teacups at and who needs the proverbial 'arm round the shoulder'. (And who to shout 'You don't get cramp at this club!!' at. Wonder who that was aimed at?)
Isn't that what I said Brian? Everything is certainly not black & white when dealing with individuals.
