What to tell your manager to improve on?

You should tell your manager to improve on whatever areas they are lacking in. This obviously depends on your specific manager. Here are some crucial areas for managers, where your manager might need to improve:

• Get to know their staff. To be effective and efficient, managers must know the people who work under them.

Staff and team members have different personalities, and work ethics, and may respond better to different styles of leadership and management, depending on their own unique qualities. Some employees require more hands-on treatment, while others may flourish when given freedom and flexibility.

A manager won't know how to approach each individual employee in terms of a management style unless they get to know them.

• Learn how to delegate tasks. This is one of the most important aspects of being a manager.

When your manager learns how to properly delegate tasks, this frees them up to take care of your own job responsibilities, instead of constantly micromanaging their team or employees.

This is done by practicing a facet we already went over - getting to know their staff.

Your manager needs to understand each member of your team's experience, skill level, weaknesses, and strengths. They should also look to find out if any members of your team have specialized skills that would make them well-suited for one particular area or workflow.

• Seek to lead by example. A manager should not be hypocritical.

Your manager has a staff or team that is looking up to them and viewing your manager's performance as a cue to how they should act and perform while working.

Your manager sets the tone. It can be helpful to remind them of this. If they want your team or staff to be punctual, then your manager must be punctual every day. This goes for any sort of behavior or element of work ethic.

Leading by example fosters respect from subordinates and helps to get the most out of them, their own work ethics, and job performance.

• Communication skills. A manager should be able to communicate clearly and effectively. This is absolutely a fundamental aspect of being a good manager.

Your manager must have the ability to provide both positive and negative feedback in a constructive way to get the best results from your staff or team.

Communication skills both in written and oral forms are essential. They should also be comfortable, and hopefully even excel at, public speaking scenarios.

• Address conflicts promptly and fairly. Subpar managers will seek to avoid dealing with internal team problems.

Your manager should not do this. The faster they can address the issues and come to a fair resolution, the better.

Your staff or team members are much more likely to respect your manager if they do this. They also will feel safe in their working environment and will be more apt to perform their work thoroughly and effectively.