The Five Minds of a Manager
I have read an interesting article from Harvard Business Review written by Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg, one of my favorite authors when it comes to business and management. The article is about successful managers who think their way through their jobs, using five different mind-sets that allow them to deal adeptly with the world around them:
- An analytical mind-set ensures that you make decisions based on in-depth data–both quantitative and qualitative.
- A worldly mind-set provides you with cultural and social insights essential to operating in diverse regions, serving varied customer segments.
- A collaborative mind-set enables you to orchestrate relationships among individuals and teams producing your products and services.
- An action mind-set energizes you to create and expedite the best plans for achieving your strategic goals.
- A reflective mind-set allows you to be thoughtful, to see familiar experiences in a new light, setting the stage for insights and innovative products and services.
The authors suggest that managers should focus less on what they should do and more on how they should think. Regularly access all five mind-sets, not in any particular order, but by cycling through each as needed. Not just alone but also together with colleagues. Maybe this can be a key to managerial effectiveness, to think and reflect more?
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