Notes of a Millennial Manager - Overview
August 7, 2008 – 1:17 pmBeing a young, millennial manager I’ve been encouraged by a number of people to take notes on how I manage my team here at National Speed. This is something people usually tell me after hearing my stories about my team (who make it easy), which leads to the subsequent proclamation of their undying love for how I manage and their subsequent desire to have my babies. Except not really. But they do usually say they want to come work for me (or at least while I’m at National Speed, since some other places might not let me do the stuff I do).
I figured I could do them justice in the notes department. Except notes to me are so stale. Plus I have to write in a notepad for official notes, and that lends itself to interpretation of what was written more then comprehension of what was written. So I figured instead of taking notes, I’ll blog it.
The idea behind blogging my principles as a manager and what I do is two fold.
- To keep a log of what I’m doing so I can come back later to evaluate its success, or lack thereof.
- To open the floor to you all to give input on what else I can do, or what I may have missed, as well as other methods I can try.
I must admit I am a bit skeptical about doing it. I know there are a number of individuals from National Speed who read my blog, like, say, the CEO (hi George). So, in a way, at the same time I share my methods of management, I am helping George prepare for to review me.
With the posts that will follow this on how I go about managing gen y, keep in mind that I do work at a startup. While that doesn’t negate some of the ways I go about managing, it may certainly have an effect if you were to try to apply them in a corporation. I would venture to say that it’s almost a chicken and the egg situation. The culture of the company partially dictates how you manage, and how you manage can be used to change the culture of the company.
