Facilitator Role: Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business: 6 of 9 articles

Facilitator Role:

Introduction ● Director Role ● Producer Role ● Co-ordinator Role ● Monitor Role ● Mentor Role ● Facilitator Role ● Innovator Role ● Broker Role ● Integration and the Road to Mastery

[1] Becoming a Master Manager

[2] www.apm.org.uk Association of Project Managers (APM). Ex-council member.

[3] How to solve Big Problems in just 5 days

Introduction: The article based on the book [1] a “Competency Framework”. Its evolution and eight roles that a Manager should be doing day-to-day. These explained in each article, this being the sixth of nine. The hard part is honesty and self-analysis and doing each step.

Facilitator Role: Team Building[2] , Participative Decision Making[3], and Conflict Management.

Team Building: With the Client or Business Partners or Suppliers. Helps to improve the relationships and keep communication channels open.

Assessment: Based on their responses to my views.

Learning: Giving more reasoned views.

Analysis: Making deliverables easy.

Practice: Helps the team adjust the processes.

Application:    Able to agree on the approach to each project.

Participative Decision Making: In the one-person business this is the only way forward. It helps you operate in the Virtual Team with the Client or Business Partners or Suppliers.

Assessment: Virtual Teams need member's best efforts.

Learning:     How to work with others.

Analysis: Team decisions are easy.

Practice: Members develop a better approach.

Application: We let all Team members play their part.

Conflict Management: Another hard one, that requires thought. Personal control to keep relationships working and prevent losing work.

Assessment: Changes cause conflicts.

Learning:     The Team must agree on the way forward.

Analysis: We do not want to be caught out.

Practice: Helps Team members avoid conflict.

Application: Know how to overcome conflict.

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Mentor Role: Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business: 5 of 9 articles

Mentor Role:

Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business 5 of 9 articles

 

Introduction ● Director Role ● Producer Role ● Co-ordinator Role ● Monitor Role ● Mentor Role ● Facilitator Role ● Innovator Role ● Broker Role ● Integration and the Road to Mastery

 

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Master-Manager-Competing-Approach/dp/0470284668

 

[2] www.apm.org.uk Association of Project Managers (APM). Ex-council member.

 

Introduction: The article being based on the book [1] a “Competency Framework”. Its evolution and eight roles that a Manager should be doing day-to-day. These will be explained in each article, this being the fifth of nine. The hard part is honesty and self-analysis and doing each step.

 

Mentor Role:

Understanding Yourself and Others, Interpersonal Communications and Developing Understanding through Relationships.

Understanding Yourself and Others:

This might be the hardest. And need a range of people to give you feedback from the Client or Business Partners or Suppliers.

Assessment:   Take feedback onboard and make changes.

 

Learning:        From asking constructive questions.

 

Analysis:        Perform analysis of their answers.

 

Practice:         Improving relationships by being more understanding and listening more.

 

Application:   Making your case. By supporting the Client or Business Partners or Supplier's                                needs.

Interpersonal Communications:

With the Client or Business Partners or Suppliers. Helps maintain the relationships and keep communications channels open.

Assessment:    Report progress daily by email or FB Messenger or Google Meet.

Learning:        Keep reporting short and precise.

Analysis:        On any feedback or comments.

Practice:        Apply or resolve feedback or comments.

Application:  Make changes in future reports.

Developing Understanding through Relationships:

With the Client and/or Business Partners and/or Suppliers.

Assessment:    Different organisations have different ways of doing the required tasks.

Learning:        How to get on with people take time.

Analysis:        Make notes on points worth remembering.

Practice:        How to approach people and when.

Application:  To deliver your part of the Projects in sync with others.

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Monitor Role: Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business: 4 of 9 articles

Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business 4 of 9 articles

Introduction ● Director Role ● Producer Role ● Co-ordinator Role ● Monitor Role ● Mentor Role ●  Facilitator Role ● Innovator Role ● Broker Role ● Integration and the Road to Mastery

 

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Master-Manager-Competing-Approach/dp/0470284668

[2] www.apm.org.uk Association of Project Managers (APM). Ex-council member.

 

Introduction: The article is based on the book [1] a “Competency Framework”. Its evolution and eight roles that a Manager should be doing day-to-day. These will be explained in each article, this being the fourth of nine. The hard part is honesty and self-analysis and doing each step.

Monitor Role:

Reducing Information Overload, Analyzing Information with Critical Thinking and Presenting Information by Writing in plain English.

Reducing Information Overload: This requires control and focus to stay on track.

Assessment:    Read the information and make notes. Stop and have 5-minute breaks every two                             hours.

Learning:        This is a case of learning by doing.

 

Analysis:         If you do not plan the process, you will become grumpy and/or argumentative.

 

Practice:         Overtime you will learn how much time you need per 1,000 words and can plan out the time.

 

Application:   Like a lot of roles it is something you learn by doing.

Analyzing Information with Critical Thinking: Extracting the information. To complete the task or project. To point out what is missing and therefore required.

Assessment:    Block diagrams missing product or service specification data.

 

Learning:        From experience the required data.

 

Analysis:         All products or services have inputs and outputs.

 

Practice:         Walk through the supplied data to check it is logical.

 

Application:   Quality Control check as part of the Monitor role.

Presenting Information in plain English: Uses the two steps above as inputs. To produce the output for completing this competency.

Assessment:    Assess the two earlier steps, and produce the data required.

 

Learning:        From experience when the data looks right.

 

Analysis:         Comes when describing the data that something needs to be expanded.

 

Practice:         Helps to see when things are right or wrong.

Application:   This completes the Monitor role.

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Co-ordinator Role: Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business: 3 of 9 articles

Co-ordinator Role:

Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business: 3 of 9 articles

Introduction ● Director Role ● Producer Role ● Co-ordinator Role ● Monitor Role ● Mentor Role ●  Facilitator Role ● Innovator Role ● Broker Role ● Integration and the Road to Mastery

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Master-Manager-Competing-Approach/dp/0470284668

[2] www.apm.org.uk Association of Project Managers (APM). Ex-council member.

 

Introduction: The article is based on the book [1] a “Competency Framework”. Its evolution and eight roles that a Manager should be doing day-to-day. These will be explained in each article, this being the third of nine. The hard part is honesty and self-analysis and doing each step.

Co-ordinator Role: Planning, Organising, and Controlling.

Planning: Together with Time Management helps to make decisions on what will be done first and by who and in agreement with related parties.

Assessment: Work to plan on a spreadsheet, even when it is in your head.

Learning:         Keep the plan right as per the Client Brief with updates.

Analysis:          Feedback from the Client.

Practice:          The more you do it, the better you become.

Application:     Deliverables on agreed dates and approved.

 

Organizing: With the Client, defining what is wanted and who does what.

Assessment:    The Client brief is the bible.

Learning:         How to approach others, without waving the stick (Client Brief).

Analysis:          Working with others to get it right.

Practice:          Organising what you need from other parties takes practice. Clients try it on so refer to the Brief.

Application:     Needs constructive questions and answers.

 

Controlling: Output to and from the Client.

Assessment:    Sometimes too many people with contact information. The result of sending to much output to the Client.      

Learning:         Not allowing information overload.

Analysis:          Different approaches for different Clients.

Practice:          Over time develop these approaches.

Application:     Learning to stay in control, but not be aggressive or argumentative.

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Producer Role: Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business: 2 of 9 articles

Producer Role:

Becoming a Master Manager – in the one-person Owner/Manager Business

Introduction ● Director Role ● Producer Role ● Co-ordinator Role ● Monitor Role ● Mentor Role ●  Facilitator Role ● Innovator Role ● Broker Role ● Integration and the Road to Mastery

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Master-Manager-Competing-Approach/dp/0470284668

[2] www.apm.org.uk Association of Project Managers (APM). Ex-council member.

 

Introduction: The article is based on the book [1] a “Competency Framework”. Its evolution and eight roles that a Manager should be doing day-to-day. These will be explained in each article, this being the second of nine. The hard part is honesty and self-analysis and doing each step.

Producer Role: Personal Productivity and Motivation, Motivating Others, Time, and Stress Management.

Personal Productivity and Motivation: doing your own and Clients tasks. Obtaining motivation from the attraction of working and running your own business.

Assessment: This can be hard to overcome with both content and time changes.

 

Learning: About all the characters involved, with one too many.

 

Analysis: Done before sharing with other parties.

 

Practice: Keep going and stay happy.

Application: The need to deliver means you must be productive and motivated.

Motivating Others: rests with agreeing on tasks for the Clients' benefit.

Assessment: This can be hard but needs a strong approach, you need to give the client feedback.

Learning: How to read others by their responses when it is not face to face.

 

Analysis: Keep producing to keep others doing the same.

 

Practice: The more you work with different characters, the more you adapt.

Application: You need the team to help you produce your deliverables.

 

Time and Stress Management: managing competency through regular exercise with walking and running.

 

Assessment: Being out and about helps you unwind.

 

Learning: To keep going and staying calm when communicating with others.

 

Analysis: Accept that you cannot always move people and must try your client contact.

 

Practice: The more you do it, the better you become.

Application: Helps you build the team spirit.

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Director Role: Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business: 1 of 9 articles

Director Role:

Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business

Introduction ● Director Role ● Producer Role ● Co-ordinator Role ● Monitor Role ● Mentor Role ●  Facilitator Role ● Innovator Role ● Broker Role ● Integration and the Road to Mastery

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Master-Manager-Competing-Approach/dp/0470284668

[2] www.apm.org.uk Association of Project Managers (APM). Ex-council member.

Introduction: The article is based on the book [1] a “Competency Framework”. Its evolution and eight roles that a Manager should be doing day-to-day. These will be explained in each article, this being the first of nine. The hard part is honesty and self-analysis and doing each step.

Director Role: spotting an opportunity and selling it to the Client a Media Company or Supplier Client (Upwork).

Pitch:                10 Articles (400 to 600 words) in 10 days about product applications.

Assessment:     Check product data and request clarity if needed.

Learning:          From reading the content supplied.

Analysis:          Identifying key points and unusual steps.

Practice:           Writing articles in plain English, to explain technical aspects of the products.

Application:     Articles used in Blogs to boost sales of products.

 

Setting Goals:  Agreeing with the Client on who is doing what and agreeing on the form of                                              measurement.

Assessment:     Estimate each task and add it to a spreadsheet.       

Learning:         Manage changes based on feedback and add feedback to the spreadsheet.

Analysis:          Re-writing an explanation of the change process.

Practice:           Discovering the Inputs and Outputs required to confirm the changes.

Application:     Any changes related to the current project.

 

Delegating Effectively: Reaching agreement on the handover with the Client.

Assessment:    Draft Handover Plan agreed.

Learning;        Technical points made clearer.

Analysis:         Measurement of inputs and outputs explained.

Practice:          End Users need configuration and test cases details expanded.

Application:    Final Handover Plan agreed.

Notes:

The Handover Plan lists the name of the article, Owner, Approved, and Date. Often have a different product or service contact so add these to the spreadsheet. Normally on a 3 month or longer project.

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Covid-19 What causes it...

Covid-19

Thoughtless

People ignoring medical advice are not helping their friends or family. I would not feel happy if I thought I passed on the virus and that person died.

How does it spread

Then we have the other problem. Nobody knows how it spreads.  How some people die in hospital and others come out recovered and feeling fine.

Group thinking effects

There has been a lot of research on herd driven thoughts. Making a group of people do the same thing, a simple one is singing at a concert. 

Bat Story

What if the Chinese told the bat-related story to spook people and herd mentality of thought put them on the edge. The ones that became ill and in hospital being unable to recover. Even with medical staff trying to persuade them failed. 

Getting better

The others who are on the edge but respond to medical staff and recovered. They have managed to use their mind to overcome implanted thought. By telling themselves they will get better.

Conclusion

Have the Chinese been applying mind control in this way? Scaring people with their Bat Story and getting them on the edge. The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnston recovered. But, one of the nurses who attended him in hospital has died from Covid-19 (God bless her).

The worst part is seeing front line workers die from it.

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About Eric and Biz & Techie Writing Services Ltd: How to improve yourself professionally: Judo: Edx Short MBA Course: Writing Craft Book: Play Chess:

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Do judo to control your emotions.

Check and do an Edx Short MBA course. 

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Read Stephen Kings' “Writing Craft” book and practice writing about what your interested in.

Book Review How to raise a genius

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Critical Thinking,

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LSE - Worked in the installation team after 2008 crash, UBS and CSFB documenting trading systems.

Capita - Share Registration, Fund Management, and IFA Insurance Portal Systems worked with teams to document build, configuration, test, disaster recovery, and handover plans. Drafted 100+ IT Security Policies.

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