Companies are internationalizing and their multicultural diversity requires us to rethink our ways of managing. It appears obvious that leading people who have received a different education and an opposite way of thinking is necessarily an asset for the company since they allow innovation to spring forth and exchanges offer the opportunity to find solutions that a Cartesian mind, for example, could not have found. For a manager, questioning is permanent.
As part of the management and management of men and women within a company whether it operates face-to-face, remotely or in hybrid mode, many factors must be taken into account to avoid all the errors commonly encountered. The majority of business leaders continue to proclaim loudly and clearly that it could not be more difficult to manage people with different characters, varied actions and objectives that are not necessarily similar.
How to succeed, as a business leader or executive, in managing a growing teamseveral people not having the same character? What are the concrete solutions to successfully move forward in a sustainable way?collective, taking into account the specificities of each person ?
Identify and anticipate
The first step, which is self-evident, is indeed that of anticipation and identification of these characteristics. As different as they are, it is essential to take the time necessary to know the character of thiseveryone, tame them and anticipate future actions. It is not possible to‘advance with a team only if, as a leader and manager, you master all the necessary knowledge on your employees. Obviously, the characters present in a work team, as in a sports team or more broadly a group of people with common interests or not, these characters very often overlap.
We find the natural leader who sometimes lacks assertiveness, the reserved or introverted profile who withdraws too much, the one who imposes himself vehemently in meetings, the one who likes to lead but does not take responsibility for the consequences of his actions… The most common psychological and character profiles are all known and it is therefore essential to take the time and effort necessary to understand the personality of each of your colleagues and the associated relational dynamics.
Managing for the long term
Once this understanding of personalities is established, it becomes necessary to find solutions to manage this entire team in the long term. Should we manage globally or adopt situational and individualized management? Is it necessary to take into account each character every day? These questions must arise in your mind to successfully establish the management method that will best meet all of your expectations and needs, as well as those of your company..
The idea of managing people with different characters is to be able to create alchemy and a cohesion with a whole which does not necessarily present the purest coherence. Creation of complementary character combinations to force everyone to adapt to their direct collaborator, organization of discussion times and workshops team building to create a real team spirit between them… Many solutions are possible, it’s up to you to choose the one that suits your corporate culture.
Obviously, managing a team made up of personalities with different characters is never easy. It is necessary to take time, to step back, to have patience to finally find the combination of means and actions that will allow you, as the leader of this group, to succeed in achieving the whole.e of your objectives. Because this is what must remain in view of the entire implementation of your management : achieve objectives set in advance with the help of your entire team, however different and heterogeneous be it.
