managing
Keeping things running
Managing is the present participle of manage—to handle, direct, or control.
Someone managing a team oversees its work; someone managing their time allocates it carefully.
Managing can also mean coping or getting by: How are you managing with the new baby?
As an adjective, it denotes supervisory authority: managing editor, managing director.
Managing and monitoring others
- supervisingDirecting and monitoring work
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- watchingActively looking at something
- observingPerceiving attentively
checking · inspecting · auditing · reviewing · tracking · evaluating · assessing · examining
Controlling by rules
- handlingTreatment or management
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- operatingActively in function
- adjustingAltering to correct
restraining · containing · modulating · curbing · wrangling · juggling · balancing · troubleshooting
Allocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- delegatingTransferring authority to another
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- complianceAdhering to requirements
operations · workflow · procedures · implementation · execution · efficiency · resource allocation · process improvement
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- governanceHow authority is exercised
authority · executive · directorship · decision-making · vision · motivating · inspiring · coaching
Arranging for future events
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- goalsIntended end results
- policy-makingFormulating official guidelines
analysis · optimization · innovation · adaptation · forecasting · benchmarking · prioritizing · long-term thinking
Treatment or management
- dealing withManaging or addressing
- getting byBarely managing adequately
- survivingRemaining alive or intact
- muddling throughProceeding despite confusion
making do · enduring · bearing · tolerating · struggling · scraping by · holding together · work-life balance
overseeing
Managing and monitoring others
- supervisingDirecting and monitoring work
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- watchingActively looking at something
observing · checking · inspecting · auditing · reviewing · tracking · evaluating · assessing · examining · directing
regulating
Controlling by rules
- handlingTreatment or management
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- operatingActively in function
adjusting · restraining · containing · modulating · curbing · wrangling · juggling · balancing · troubleshooting · damage control
budgeting
Allocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- delegatingTransferring authority to another
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
compliance · operations · workflow · procedures · implementation · execution · efficiency · resource allocation · process improvement · quality assurance
mentorship
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
governance · authority · executive · directorship · decision-making · vision · motivating · inspiring · coaching · succession planning
planning
Arranging for future events
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- goalsIntended end results
policy-making · analysis · optimization · innovation · adaptation · forecasting · benchmarking · prioritizing · long-term thinking · roadmapping
handling
Treatment or management
- dealing withManaging or addressing
- getting byBarely managing adequately
- survivingRemaining alive or intact
muddling through · making do · enduring · bearing · tolerating · struggling · scraping by · holding together · work-life balance · burnout
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- taking chargeleading, commanding, directing, captaining, taking charge
- administeringoverseeing, governing, running, directing, supervising
- handlingdealing with, handling, coping, addressing, tackling
- resource managementbudget, budgeting, saving, allocation, allocating
- HR verbshiring, staffing, recruiting, training, onboarding
managingbungling
Mishandling through incompetence
failing · botching · mismanaging · fumbling · floundering
managingneglecting
Failing to attend to
abandoning · ignoring · disregarding · forsaking · shirking
managingsquandering
Reckless depletion of resources
wasting · depleting · frittering away · misallocating · dissipating
- managing editorSenior newsroom coordinator
- managing directorSenior executive in charge
- managing expectations
- managing partnerControlling owner of firm