B2 – Upper Intermediate
Managers are the ones responsible for controlling damages, creating new tactics, trainings, and administering new procedures to make sure the company runs smoothly.
Most of the time, the manager is the go-to person of old and new employees when they need assistance at work.
Listen to the audio and let’s see how managers handle different staff.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/podcasts-for-professionals/line-management#
Discussion Questions:
- Have you ever managed staff? Talk about your experience.
- Explain why line management matters.
- What makes a good line manager?
- What are some management strategies you know of?
- What are the aspects of managing that could be difficult?
- What are the positive things about managing staff?
4 replies on “Line Management”
1.- Have you ever managed staff? Talk about your experience.
No, I haven’t. But, to be honest, I’m very interested in.
2.- Do you think it is easy to manage people?
Not at all. I guess being a people manager is a hard job.
3.- What are the aspects of managing that could be difficult?
Managing people can be very difficult because there are so many different types of people with different personalities. Managers must find the balance between adopting universal strategies which speak to the individual. And that is an interesting challenge.
4.- What are the positive things about managing staff?
Managing people is a good chance to know different behaviour of professionals as well as helping them to achieve their goals.
Create teams that are more satisfied, motivated, qualified and engaged with organizational goals could be a positive thing too.
5.- What are the qualities of a good manager?
It’s pretty tricky to give advice without having been a manager before. But if I look carefully at the characteristics of the managers I’ve had in the past, I would say that is very important developing leadership skills to motivate and inspire the team, have efficient communication, provide feedback and encourage the employee to develop professionally.
Indeed, managing people isn’t a walk in the park. Thank you for answering our questions well. Here are some points you can improve on:
I’m very interested
in.> I’m very interested TO DO SO.
Create teams that are more satisfied …
> CREATING teams that are more satisfied …
I would say that is very important developing leadership skills to motivate and inspire the team, …
> I would say that IT is very important TO DEVELOP leadership skills to motivate and inspire the team, …
Impressive insights. Thanks for sharing them.
Have you ever managed staff? Yes I have, in 3 companies.
Do you think it is easy to manage staff? Definitively not. It is very complicated, in spite of you make the right decission there may be someone in the who does not like it, so you have to simplify and focus on being honest.
What are the aspects of managing that could be difficult? Basically people’s feelings. Feelings are subjectives and not all the people in the team have a fair vision and sometimes, they cannot be provided with all the information that makes you to make a decission.
What are the positive things about managing staff? As it is said in the podcast, you can develop people’s carreer. I think it is very positive to give a good piece of advise for some people.
What are the qualities of a good manager? First of all, being honest. I think understand people and have a good and deep knowledge of what you are managing it is also extremly important.
Thanks for the efforts you’ve put into your answers. Please check a better version of this particular sentence.
It is very complicated, in spite of you make the right decission there may be someone in the who does not like it, …
> It is very complicated because in spite of making the right decision, there might be someone in the team who does not agree with it, …
Nice work!