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Managing Others

Taking charge of a group and motivating group members toward common goals.

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Teams prioritize Managing Others for a role when:


  • Helping others improve their skills unleashes their potential
  • Motivating team members to collaborate helps to achieve goals
  • Setting a clear and desirable direction aligns people towards a goal
  • Delegating work serves as an effective development opportunity for others

An ideal candidate will need to:


  • Help others improve their skills and unleash their potential
  • Motivate team members to collaborate to achieve goals
  • Set a clear and desirable direction to align people towards a goal
  • Delegate work to provide others with development opportunities

Competencies for Managing Others include:

Building common purpose


Behaviors include:
  • Encouraging and building mutual trust and cooperation
  • Showing positivity and using collaboration to achieve common goals
  • Knowing how to work with others to ensure alignment towards common goals

Coaching and developing others


Behaviors include:
  • Coaching, mentoring, or helping others to improve their skills
  • Providing direct feedback
  • Inspecting others' work to identify strengths and development needs
  • Ensuring others' understanding of how to achieve objectives
  • Providing feedback tactfully

Providing direction and coordinating actions


Behaviors include:
  • Seeking to be the driving force or coordinator of projects
  • Directing others' actions and delegating work
  • Developing goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work

Inspiring and motivating others


Behaviors include:
  • Participating in and committing to team goals
  • Inspiring others to extend themselves to attain goals
  • Building a positive team spirit
  • Expressing optimism
  • Being confident in the direction and performance of the team
  • Understanding how to motivate people to follow a direction

Monitoring contributions and performance


Behaviors include:
  • Providing direct feedback on performance
  • Inspecting and monitoring others' work
  • Attending to the details of a project to ensure they are completed correctly
  • Pursuing high performance and continuous improvement

Rewarding and recognizing contributions


Behaviors include:
  • Showing empathy and warmth toward others
  • Contributing to a positive team spirit
  • Knowing what to say to properly reward and recognize others

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