-mm-
Are you a new manager about to introduce yourself to your team? The way you introduce yourself to subordinates determines, to some extent, how successful you will be in leading them. Avoid spoiling the first impression you make by reading the following tips.
These tips were published by the Harvard Business Review.
Getting started is easy: say who you are by stating your name and your experience. Describe your background as well as the skills and knowledge you will bring to the team. Keep the introduction short, powerful and light-hearted. Remember to smile.
Say what your core values are, what you want to focus on and what you are good at. Give just two or three main points, something your subordinates can latch on to and remember.
Even though you are just starting out as the manager of the team in question, you probably already have some ideas of what you want to happen with the team. These ideas need not be too specific; a general but clearly explained and sufficiently appealing vision will suffice. Communicate this to your team at the first meeting.
A good way to introduce yourself to someone is to compliment them. By complimenting someone, you will gain their sympathy; this is also true of a team. You will thus start off the relationship on the right foot.
In order to make your first meeting with the team productive and have team members feel they are doing their bit towards building a new future, it is a good idea to ask them to complete a simple task. This need not (and should not) be anything complicated. For example: write down three things about the team's work that should change, or three strengths that the workers themselves think they bring to the team.
-mm-