Community Health Center Management Principles for Boards and Senior Managers - Principle 6

Community Health Center Management Principles for Boards and Senior Managers - Principle 6

This is a continuing series for effective Community Health Center Governing Boards and Senior Management.

Today we address:

Principle 6 - Tools of the Manager
· The Meeting:
§ How to use it.
§ Does it have a purpose?
§ Have I done my homework for it?
§ Meeting types:
- Information to others
- Others to inform me
- Deliberative (for decisions or for opinions)

· The Report:
§ How to make it readable, understandable, implementable, and effective for others.
§ Who is going to read it?
§ What do we expect him to do with it?

· Control of Assignments:
§ Are the effective contributors doing what is important or what is difficult?
§ Are the effective contributors dealing with the issues of yesterday or tomorrow?

· Performance and Performer Appraisal:
§ Establish targets and standards, then appraise them based on
accomplishments.
§ What has the person done well?
§ What are his strengths?

· Development of People:
§ Are we developing them effectively or poorly?
§ Are we effectively using the tools of development (tasks, climate, and example)?
§ Are we challenging them?
§ Have we set performance standards?
§ Is the temperament there?
§ What strengths does he need to develop?
§ What is our placement responsibility?
§ Where does he really belong?

· Abandon Yesterday.

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