Jarlath Duffy - Change from Within

The Five Core Competencies of Managers: The manager must be all of the following:

The problem solver. The ability to solve problems is essential for the contemporary manager. The problem solver does not confuse opinions with arguments or association with causality. He or she can both evaluate arguments and construct them. The ability to think incisively, evaluate evidence judiciously, recognize hidden assumptions, and follow lines of reasoning to the sometimes-tortuous end is an essential competency for the successful manager.

The leader. In the highly changed working environment of today, managers can't wield total control from the top of a pyramid; nor can they control the action from the sidelines. Rather, they must empower the individual employees of the organisation to do whatever is necessary to achieve its goals and work with them to ensure that they have the resources to get the job done.

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