10 Qualities of an effective manager (Want to be one?)


In this life, whether you are in a job or are hunting for one, we all strive to be a truly great manager: a manager who earns the respect of many, someone who is inspiring, in short, a pleasure to work for. But it’s not easy, and as many of us know, great managers are few and far between. If you are working look around and see a manager that you really want to work for, is there any?

In most of our corporate institutions, what we have as managers are those people that have stayed in a company for long, those that are mean, those that are anti-social and other negative aspects of a corporate employee. I am not at any point implying that all managers are that bad but there are those that have earned their place as managers because they are meant to be there. Most, however, do not get there in the right way and that is why they under-perform (not on targets but on people issues)

So who is an effective manager? Here are 10 top qualities that you need: