What is a line manager? –
Introduction 👋
When you start a new job, it’s common to be overwhelmed with new people to meet.
One of the first people you’re likely to meet is your “line manager”.
But what is a line manager? 🤷♀️
And what do they do?
Today we’re explaining everything there is to know about line managers. ✨
What is a line manager? 👩💼
A line manager is the person who is responsible for overseeing your work and looking after you.
They are sometimes called “team leaders” or “supervisors”.
Your line manager is someone you will hear from/see regularly, and you might even work closely with them.
They usually sit one position above you, meaning they’re likely to get paid a bit more than you and have more responsibility. 💸
Line managers usually oversee day-to-day work, and act as a “middle man” between you and senior leaders at work.
Line managers are there to help and guide you at work, so that you can deliver your absolute best work. ✨
What are the responsibilities of a line manager? 📃
Line managers usually have different responsibilities depending on where you work, but some of the most common responsibilities they have are:
- managing a team of employees
- making sure you hit your targets 🎯
- helping to train you (to make sure you can do your job properly)
- managing a budget for your team💸
- reporting to bosses about you and your team’s performance
- approving/denying employee holiday requests 🏖️
- leading team meetings
- interviewing and hiring new employees 🤝
- managing disciplinary action when employees have broken the rules
- doing performance reviews/appraisals for the team 🏆
- keeping your team up-to-date on changes in the organisation e.g. sometimes teams swap employees around, merge teams together
- making you as useful and productive to the organisation as possible 📈
What do managers do? 🤷♀️
Managers have lots of different responsibilities, such as:
- Leadership and team management 🧑🤝🧑
- Planning and setting goals 🏆
- Making decisions 🧠
- Communication 🔊
- Managing performance 📈
- Solving problems 🤔
- Development and training 👩🏫
- Building relationships 🤝
- Hiring new employees 🙋♀️
- Promoting a positive work environment ☀️
- Managing budgets 💷
- Delegating tasks and responsibilities 📋
- Providing feedback and coaching 📣
- Resolving conflict 🥊
- Celebrating success 🎉
- Continually improving 🌟
- Managing changes 🔀
How to make your line manager happy ☀️
The saying goes that “people don’t leave bad jobs – they leave bad managers”, and it couldn’t be more true.
Research has found that 57% of people have left at least one job because of a bad manager!
Your manager can have a huge impact on your:
- wellbeing at work 🧠
- career progression 🪜
- stress levels 🥴
- feeling of accomplishment 🏆
- relationships at work 🤝
- pay 💸
- ability to learn at work 🏫
- workload 🏋️♀️
This makes it really important to:
- have a great relationship with your manager 🤝
- understand your manager 🫡
- know how to raise problems with managers 🙋♀️
- know how to give your manager feedback to help them improve 🔊
In our article How to manage your manager: 10 tips to survive a difficult manager 🧑💼, we explain the best top tips to keep your manager happy!
To make your manager happy, you should:
Look after yourself ✨
- Set boundaries🧱
- Try to keep your emotions in check🥹
- Stay positive☀️
- Don’t talk badly about your manager behind their back🤫
- Prioritize your wellbeing💖
- Deliver good work🏃♀️
Make your manager happy ✨
7. Try to understand their perspective🕵️♀️
8. Try to always bring them solutions, not problems✅
9. Keep it short, get to the point🎯
10. Be proactive – think ahead🔮
Conclusion 👍
So that’s it!
A line manager is the person who is responsible for overseeing your work and looking after you.
They are sometimes called “team leaders” or “supervisors”.
Your line manager is someone you will hear from/see regularly, and you might even work closely with them.
They usually sit one position above you, meaning they’re likely to get paid a bit more than you and have more responsibility. 💸
Line managers usually oversee day-to-day work, and act as a “middle man” between you and senior leaders at work.
Line managers are there to help and guide you at work, so that you can deliver your absolute best work. ✨
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