Reading the Pygmalion in Management is definitely a good one and truly applicable not only to managers but anyone who leads a team or working with one. Personally, it made me aware that managing is more than dependent on qualification, years of service, experience, background and working environment. Managers will also play a big role towards an employee’s success. And this is evident by the reading itself.
For one, managers must firmly put their belief and their trust in their people. It was stressed in the article the power of expectations. Should a manager want his or her team to produce the best results, this must be evident with the way the manager connects, communicate and believe in his or her people. And I could not help but agree with this notion. Employees have varied motivation factors. And one of which would be in accordance to how the managers would treat them. Take for instance, an employee would love to go to work if every so often his or her manager would pat him or her at the back for a job well done. That gesture alone can motivate the employee to do better output. In the contrary, an employee who is not praised at all would surely lose interest with the job. And it can drastically change his or her performance.
Another thing to look would be time. As early as the employee joined the company, they must be shaped by the manager’s expectations. The longer they stay in the company, the harder on the end of the manager.
That is when I realized that being a good manager is not an easy feat. In your hands, you can shape people and transform lives. That is why, it has to be done carefully and has to be done right.
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