Required skills of a manager What skills does a manager need? There are three fundamental skills of a manager: 1. TECHNICAL
The manager should be proficient at specific tasks. This in turn helps to provide the credibility or knowledge to persuade people to do certain things. 2. HUMAN
The manager has to know how to work with people. 3. CONCEPTUAL
The manager can see the organisation as a whole. In other words, there has to be some knowledge of the organisation and what it does and how it interacts with other organisations.
The most important skill of a manager For more specific skills, here is a list compiled by management experts in decreasing order of importance: 1. People skills 2. Strategic thinking (planning ahead and predicting what was going to happen) 3. Visionary 4. Flexible/adaptable to change 5. Self-management 6. Team player 7. Solve-complex problems and make decisions 8. Ethical/high personal standards