Managerial Skills

I just finished my first course about managerial skills and I hope it would not be the last one, because our managerial skills is something we can and we must always improve. I have to say that most of the times I have studied a course (until know) I sometimes had the feeling that I would never use that things in my life; they were only useful for the exam. This time I had the feeling that I could use the knowledge to improve both my personal and professional life.

Let´s face the truth, it is always difficult to pay attention in a class for more than 1 consecutive hour. Managerial skills was a course easy to follow and to pay attention to, maybe because of the benefit it has for us.

What have I learned from this course? Obviously I have to say everything! But one the most important benefits for me has been realizing many of the mistakes I always do.

Effective presentations: I always knew it was important to keep the slides simple and to use visual aids, but I never thought that the audience should see a benefit for them. Every time I was making a presentation I was just trying to say as much as possible from my work in the time I was given, without thinking about a point B and without thinking if I was capturing someone´s attention or not. I also looked wherever I wanted, because I was more interested in being comfortable than in the audience. Of course, my structures always had thousands of key points and it was impossible to find a general conclusion about anything. I think now I can improve a lot my presentations and show the audience that they are important and that my presentations are important for them.

Negotiations: I am always avoiding conflicts, so it looks like I am a soft negotiator. After this course I want to change that behavior and reach at least a compromise next time I am negotiating. I also have learned how important is to be polite when negotiating, not that I am rude, but I would have never thought about saying “I am not sure if I understood your point” instead of a simple “what?” I have always been more interested in showing my points than in the others points of view. This is one things that I find useful also for my daily life.

Leadership: last but not least, I am not a leader, at least right now… Now that I know how a good leader should act maybe I will try it. Maybe the most important benefit I got from this part is to keep always in mind how to congratulate people for their achievements instead of punishing them for their mistakes: that encourages everybody to work better! Also time management is really important. From a long time I started realizing this, but some years ago every time that I got a lot of things to do I was very stressed and I couldn´t manage my time. In the end, I was not able to finish everything and also I was not enjoying at all. Important lesson, there´s always time for everything.

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