What are the top ten skills a manager in our organization should possess?
Listed in the following table in no particular order are 20 management skills. Identify the top ten skills and rank them (1-10) with 10 being the most important. Management skills: • Recognizing and rewarding others • Managing a budget • Meeting financial and profitability expectations • Collaborating with others, including team skills and creating business partnerships • Customer service skills • Handling multiple priorities, including follow-up, follow-through and flexibility • Teaching, coaching and training skills • Holding other accountable to established expectations (i.e., giving constructive feedback; coaching/counseling/disciplining subordinates; conducting performance appraisals) • Communicating organization information and business perspective • Taking ownership of issues and problems, including focusing on solving problems; openly soliciting and receiving constructive feedback; and avoiding blaming others for errors or mistakes • Interviewing internal and external candidate
