Focus on yourself first. Now I don’t mean that you become the selfish, inwardly focused manager who simply serves (and demands others to also serve) their ego and objectives. This is about you organising yourself for the benefit of others. In this case your team.
You must give as much time to organising yourself as to your people. Most of the management books I have read seem to focus on ways to ‘control’ your team. Instead look at yourself first and seek improvements there.
In other words, first look inwards and then outwards.
What benefits might you find there, if you truly do organise yourself better? I guarantee at the very least, you will look more professional, more calm and definitely more in control (a relatively crucial skill as a manager don’t you think).
Have you ever seen that great manager who seems to have it all under control? You want to be more like them, right? They are leading by example and engaging you to do the same simply by the way they present themselves. You can do the same, but it requires you to first look inwards.
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