managerial skills
Supervisory talent set
Managerial skills are the abilities needed to direct people and resources effectively—planning, organizing, delegating, communicating, and making decisions.
The term appears constantly in job listings and business education: The position requires strong managerial skills.
Distinguished from technical expertise, managerial skills transfer across industries and contexts.
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- strategic planningDefining organizational direction systematically
- bottom lineEssential point or conclusion
- meetingGathering for discussion
mentoring · leadership · big picture · proficiency · emotional intelligence · plan · conflict resolution · open door policy · problem-solving · negotiation · forecasting · teamwork · analytical reasoning · task · adaptability · growth mindset · specialization · delegation
- managementmanagers, executives, boss, supervisors, directors
managerial skillstechnical expertise
Specialized professional skill
technical skills · hard skills · specialized knowledge · craft skills · vocational skills
managerial skillsdisorganization
Absence of systematic arrangement
micromanagement · poor communication · mismanagement · lack of vision
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