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Our Management Poems...
Team AwayDay!
Oh no, here we go
Another fun day away
Need to build the team
Get to know each other better
Go away for a team retreat
Icebreakers, case studies, role play
Time for everyone to have their say
Didn’t realise I could be so rude
Or that I didn’t listen
Rode roughshod over other’s views
And didn’t notice when eyes glistened
It came as a bit of a shock
Hard to take, even harder to knock
Then came the turning point
It wasn’t all so bad
There were actually some things
For which they were glad -
My attention to detail
Making sure things were finished
Seems that my team role
Should not be diminished!
Gail Winwood
Learning Styles
Honey and Mumford’s learning styles
Have been around for quite a while
They’re just as relevant in 2009
As they have been in past times
Despite challenges from others in the field
To their views I will not yield
Time and time again I find
That delegates ‘get it’ in their mind
It helps them to understand
How they can deliver first hand
Information and knowledge that will stay
Because they have adapted to the ‘best’ way
Activist, Pragmatist, Theorist or Reflector
Learning Styles helps us to learn better!
Gail Winwood
What can I say?
Walking on eggshells all day long
Fearing I might say something wrong
Work is such a minefield today
I’m fearful of what I can and cannot say
Can I tell someone they shouldn’t text?
Or it’s not OK to spend hours on the net?
Is it alright to question why they’re late?
Or will a tribunal be my fate?
Can I ask why they have been off sick?
Or am I at risk if it is you that I pick?
Will there be a challenge on equal opportunity?
Will it be off to the tribunal for me?
It seems no matter what I do,
One thing is certainly true
They are not always doing their job
And with excuses it’s me that they fob
‘You haven’t trained me or told me what to do’
Doesn’t matter that they said they already knew
Seems the cards are stacked against me
And that in the tribunal I will be made to see
Ah, but there is a chink of light
Seems I am within my rights
The questions I ask are perfectly fair
And so I do not need to beware
I can indeed manage my team
Common sense has prevailed it seems!
Gail Winwood
EQ
No I don’t mean ET
I mean a more emotional me
It seems if I am more aware
Of the feelings that are there
A better manager I can be
By operating emotionally intelligently
At first I thought it was a laugh
And judging by their smiles? so did my staff
Then I went on an EQ session
And now I must make a confession
Having studied the Mayer Salovey model
And realising it won’t always be a doddle
By getting in touch will others and myself
And reading the EQ books on my shelf
I have found that it actually works
And the smiles? are no longer smirks!
Gail Winwood
A Manager’s Job
There are just some days
When a manager’s job is tough
When you try every which way
But the hours just aren’t enough
Talk about balancing balls
And keeping plates spinning
Every day I’m giving it my all
But I don’t feel like I’m winning
Delegate more is what I’m told
And – ‘you need to manage your time’
How I wish I could be so bold
As to tell my boss where to stick that line!
If I had more resources I’d be OK
But instead they don’t fill the gaps
And what’s more – they cut the pay!
Is it any wonder there are mishaps?
‘Why can’t you motivate your team?’
Is what I’m being asked
‘Because we are cut too lean
And there’s not enough for the task’
2009 has been one heck of a year
It’s challenged every one of us
But 2010 is looming near
And I’m beginning to feel a buzz
If I play my cards right
And look after my team
Success could just be in sight -
Things may be as good as they seem
As we move forward into 2010
I will remember those who tried
Who put every effort in
To ensure that we survived!
Gail Winwood
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