Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/preparing-a-teacher-for-management/5017836/
When an owner or manager in the child care industry recognizes a worker who is very good at her job, she may consider promoting that worker into a management position. That can be a problem, for while the superior worker may have had many years of practice at hands-on work, she probably has had very little �" if any �" training, in how to manage others.To help child care workers move from being employees to being the managers of others, supervisors must inculcate in them three crucial principles:
1. Managers’ behavior and attitudes will be the behavior and attitudes their employees will emulate.
2. Managers cannot be buddies with the people they supervise.
3. Managers must organize and lead others to perform specific tasks, rather than perform them themselves.
At a profound psychological level, managers are not seen as normal human beings �" and therefore cannot act as such. The reasons for this are complex and are rooted in our very natures. To better understand this, let’s go on an imaginary trip.
Imagine that you live in a world of giants. Close your eyes for a moment and visualize a world in which everyone around you is a giant, perhaps 18 to 20 ...