​How to Break Free from Routine Tasks and Finally Start Managing

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​How to Break Free from Routine Tasks and Finally Start Managing
Not long ago we talked about micromanagement. This is a management format that is often not beneficial - both to the manager and his team, and to the business he manages. Its essence is that the manager, not being very confident in his team and its capabilities, closes all the work on himself: controls every step of the employees, completes and redoes tasks for them.

Such managers have the most horrific images in their heads: it seems to them that if they turn away, the team will stop working - they will miss all deadlines, let them down and betray them. If you do not monitor the work of the sales department, managers will start being rude to clients, in general, the loss of money, clients and nerves will no longer be avoidable.



Of course, if you think like that all the time, it's easy to get yourself into a nervous turkey whatsapp list breakdown. It seems easier to tighten control over the team, but feel calm. In reality, this is an illusion of control, while discontent will grow in the team, activity and initiative will decrease. The manager himself will drown in operational and simple routine tasks and will be forced to manage employees who deal with this routine.

Before we dive too deep into the topic, we are in a hurry to share important news. We have released a long-awaited update - Workspaces . They help managers see data on projects, sales and processes in one place, and employees - plan their workday and not lose anything else. In Workspaces, it is convenient to receive automated reports and conduct in-depth analysis, moving from general indicators to details at different levels of business. Look at your company from a new angle! Here are more details. And now let's return to the problems of managers who literally live at work.

This is a road to nowhere, so in today's article we will analyze what steps will help to create an environment in the company where employees are active and diligent, and processes work without manual control from above.

Our funds are usually divided into assets and liabilities. It doesn't matter whether they are tangible (equipment, real estate) or intangible - for example, a business that you can't touch, but at the same time it requires investment and brings in profit. A business is a prime example of an asset, and apartments for rent or investments are a passive income option.

But a typical entrepreneur does not simply invest in a business, he initially takes on the main work. Therefore, you can often hear businessmen complain that if they get distracted, everything will fall apart. What can we say about a vacation or even two days off: as soon as you allow yourself to rest, something already goes wrong. Surprisingly, many enthusiastic entrepreneurs who are determined to conquer the world live like this. In fact, such a business turns from an asset into a burden from which people get tired, burn out and withdraw into themselves.

Therefore, the tendency to treat business as a liability is gaining popularity now. It does not mean that you need to sell a large share of the company or forget about work. Rethinking the approach to running a business, where work revolves around the manager and slows down without him, is becoming a thing of the past. When employees themselves make serious decisions, manage work projects and do most of the work, and the manager solves strategically important management tasks related to finding partners, building hypotheses for business development, administrative issues, the business develops harmoniously. The manager stops dragging everything on himself and delegates more tasks to employees.

Megaplan has collected several tips that will help transfer a business from a burning asset to a liability, so that it can develop without total control. So, what is needed for this?

1. Establish balance
Often, it only seems to us that without control, everything will fall apart. This happens not because we do not believe in our team and exalt ourselves, but because we get used to this state of affairs and cannot live without work. Getting into a frantic rhythm, we forget to rest: it seems to us that rest is a waste of time, and it is better to do something. As a result, toxic productivity arises, a race to do more, better and faster.

We work to live, not live to work. Remember this phrase the next time you feel yourself sinking into anxiety and self-reflection. The desire to achieve more, new ambitious goals for yourself and your team is all great, but it is very dangerous for the psyche. So our first piece of advice is more therapeutic: don’t work after work, establish a sleep and nutrition regimen, walk in the fresh air and force yourself to completely switch off from work at least occasionally.