Managing Without Authority
There are many occasions when a manager needs to lead others who are outside their formal reporting structure. Learn why that is an advantage and how you can manage most effectively from your perspective instead of your positional power.
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Here’s a sneak peek about managing without structural authority:
Assigning a task does not necessarily equal results
As a manager in an organization it’s easy to think that because of that position that you can ask somebody to do something and they will do it. That sounds great, but we all know it doesn’t work that way. Just because you asked somebody to do something doesn’t mean they’re going to do it. Having that authority does not necessarily equal results. In this video I want to talk about how to manage when you don’t have authority.
Sometimes you may not have the authority you need
I think this is a really important topic, because even when we do have authority over an individual just telling them to do something and relying on that positional power is not the best or most effective way to lead. We’ll talk a little bit more about that in a minute. The second reason is that there are multiple times and situations in an organization where we really don’t have authority over the individual, but we still need to work alongside them effectively and get them to do things that we want them to do. Having these skill sets allows you to accomplish what you need in all sorts of situations.
