Role of Manager

A competent executive need to be a all-rounded manager in managing tasks and people. Check out any business textbook and will find a long long manage to-do list. To me, the "five" most important tasks are:

(1) Plan for strategy and future development
- It matter most but manager always put aside. It actually relate to the survival of a department and even a corporate.

(2) Ongoing management by setting clear targets and monitoring progress
- It is the traditonal role of a manager managing projects, but in essense managing the performance of the teams.

(3) Make decision (and problem solving)
- A manager have to make decision and solve many problem everyday. He or she can rely on limited information to make the business decision in most of the day. In essence, he or she need to build a team with business judgement to provide recommendation or to provide analysis to the problem.

(4) Communicate with senior management, stakeholders, internal teams and external departments or customers
- Communication skill is the most important skills to deliver the sales message, manage politics, motivate staffs and resolve conflicts.

(5) Team building and motivation
- At the end of day, a manager need to be supported by his / her team. How to delegate the tasks to the right persons? How to drive his / her team? How to manager his / her people?