Technical skill being the expertise used to perform a task. Managing relationships effectively is of the human skill type also known as emotional intelligence. While conceptual aptitude is the ease in which the manager solves complex problems analytically.

Business schools have grouped together a list of the following skills or managerial competencies for would be managers:

Communication

Self-management

Leadership

Critical thinking

Professionalism

Teamwork

The team oriented environment has become the mainstay of best management practices for achieving the highest employee performance results. According to team building experts Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson, the authors of When Teams Work Best, management practices that tend to best support a productive work environment set direction, align effort, and deliver results. Setting direction involves clearly defining and communicating (repeatedly) a goal. Aligning effort is accomplished through focusing the priorities of the organization toward the achievement of the goal. According to LaFasto, managers would prove successful in delivering results by establishing clear operating principles such as:

1. We will work towards the goal

2. We will be accountable for our results

3. We will work together

4. We will not engage in team politics

At the end of the day, the manager's primary role is to set clearly define goals, communicate those goals repeatedly, foster a team environment such that the goals are accomplished efficiently, hold team members accountable for their work, and reward or not accordingly. Fortunately, the above traits of management acumen can be learned and fostered through business school training, coaching, mentoring programs and hard work.

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