{"id":10069,"date":"2022-09-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getlighthouse.com\/blog\/?p=10069"},"modified":"2024-05-02T14:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T14:54:29","slug":"3-key-mindsets-great-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getlighthouse.com\/blog\/3-key-mindsets-great-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Key Mindsets of Great Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you take the leap from individual contributor to managing a team, a lot changes. That's because great ICs aren't necessarily great managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your day-to-day is suddenly filled with meetings and you become accountable for not just yourself, but the results of everyone on your team.  Unfortunately, many of the skills you learned in being great at your own job do not translate to being a great manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What's now required of you is a shift to a general manager mindset; you need to focus on the bigger picture: how your behavior reflects on the team you lead, what you need to do to motivate them, and how you can get better performances from them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way you operated before and thought about your peers will not succeed as if you want to become a great manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, there are things you can do to prepare. Great managers have learned to adopt key mindsets that make them and their team members successful. By keeping them in mind, it's easier to take the right actions and avoid key mistakes day to day as a servant leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 4 of those key mindsets and how you can learn them: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The Servant Mindset<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Growth Mindset<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Multiplier Mindset<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Positive Mindset<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    4 Key Mindsets of Great Managers (and how you can learn them)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Great managers know they have to deal with difficult circumstances and challenges beyond their control from time to time. Mistakes happen, people get frustrated, but it's how you react that defines you as a leader. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    While there are things you can't influence, your mindset plays a huge role in how you'll think about solutions to your problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In today's post, we discuss the Servant Leader Mindset, Growth Mindset, Multiplier Mindset, and Positive Mindset as key ways to overcome adversity and become a better manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1) The Servant Mindset (AKA - the Servant Leader Mindset)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Servant Leadership<\/a> means exactly what is sounds like: as a leader, you<\/em> serve<\/strong> your team. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As a servant leader, you are focused on the needs of each member of your team and how your efforts can help them succeed and do their best work. You have to stop thinking about yourself and start learning about your team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Get to know each of them. Ask questions like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n