After you have toured the unit and listed items that need attention, if you staff is in the unit, it is time to start delegating some of the items in your notebook to people who normally do those tasks. Be sure to save a few of them for yourself to demonstrate how to do the tasks correctly.
The first thing you do when you get to work should be to look at any communications from the previous shift manager to see what happened while you were away. Next, you’ll whip out your little notebook and note anything important that needs to be done, and then tour the unit and put in your notebook anything that needs to be addressed. Sounds simple, and yet nobody is doing this.
Let’s take a minute to make sure that being a manager is right for you before you get the job. Being a manager is a lot more work than people think it is.
The main reason people are quitting in droves these days is the lack of management training. Managers just aren’t treating people with the respect and dignity that they deserve. They also aren’t doing many of the things I teach you in the Management 101 course.
Managers used to get this type of education through a “Mentor,” or seasoned manager that was tasked with teaching a new manager many of the intricacies of dealing with people. This is not happening in the workplace today,
but it is available here.