Becoming a manager is not about making a decision. It requires a completely different set of skills. A good architect, a good technical expert, does not necessarily mean a good manager.

How do you determine if you’re right for a management position? Here are five questions to ask yourself.

Question1: what are you interested in, being a technical expert or leading a team?

Have you thought about where you’ll be in five years’ time and whether you’ll be happy at work?

Be a technologist, lead a team, or start your own business. It’s important to know what you want.

Ask yourself, what appeals to you about management? Technologists might make more money if they just want to make money. If you think your work will be easier, you are wrong. How can you care as much about managing yourself as you do about managing multiple people?

Question2: Are you afraid of facing conflict?

Conflict is inevitable in the workplace, and if you’re considering moving into a management role, it’s likely that managing and coordinating conflict will take up more of your time.

Managers should have an open mind, through frank communication, to deal with and solve the difficulties in the work, which is a necessary skill for managers. There is frustration when conflict is not handled well, since most people want to avoid conflict as much as possible.

Question3: Are you good at motivating others?

As a technologist, the only person you manage is yourself, and it’s relatively easy to motivate yourself because you know yourself best.

However, when managing a team, you find yourself dealing with different personalities and motivational methods vary from person to person. For front-line managers, it is necessary to synchronize strategy, set goals, ensure that everyone has the same understanding of strategy and goals, let employees know how they can contribute to the success of the company, and let good employees continue to be promoted, so that the motivation of employees will increase.

If you struggle, chances are you’re a hard worker, but team morale and employee recognition may not always meet expectations.

Question4: Can you be objective and impartial?

A good manager should treat his employees equally and uniformly. He should treat all his employees fairly, not favoring one over the other.

To create a fair and objective environment and atmosphere is what managers must do. If you’re too emotional, you’re not the right person to lead.

Question5: Are you a delegator?

You may be used to doing things on your own and basking in the joy of technical design and landing. In fact, as a manager, it’s not necessarily a good thing to have to do everything yourself.

It can be hard to be bold and delegate instead of doing everything yourself, but delegating and delegating is a must for qualified managers. Empowering employees to some extent can increase their internal motivation, stimulate their autonomy and creativity, and give them more space to play freely, which will definitely bring positive effects.

At the same time, you must regularly monitor the results of your employees’ actions, identify potential problems, and help them resolve them so that they can continue to grow and improve. Teaching someone to fish can sometimes be harder than trying to catch it yourself.

Ask yourself these questions and wonder if your mind has changed. If you’re not prepared, a different path might be better for you and the company.

Alice Williams

5 Questions to ask yourself if you want to be a manager

The architect’s Path– Share management ideas

(1) Good at dealing with conflicts, and able to solve conflicts within and across teams;

(2) Make the team clear about their goals and how they relate to them;

(3) To ensure the fairness of the team;

(4) Able to fully delegate and help the team solve problems to help employees grow and improve;

Has your leader fulfilled the above points?