The "Inner Game" - Critical To Managerial Success

An Excerpt from "The Inner Game of Management - How to Make the Transition to a Managerial Role" 
By Eric G Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle

To be a successful manager, you not only have to learn different skills such as planning, organizing and controlling (Outer Game activities); more important, you need to develop different ways of thinking (Inner Game activities). Stated differently, the ability to perform the technical skills of planning, delegating, selecting, and the like is affected by how well a person is managing the Inner Game issues.

Ability to play the Inner Game may be the critical variable that determines whether or not a person succeeds or fails as a manager. It is estimated that more than 90% of people who experience difficulties in their management careers or ultimately fail as managers do so not because of lack of intelligence or motivation or a lack of technical skills as a manager, but because of a failure to understand and play the Inner Game of Management effectively.

The Three Key Dimensions of the Inner Game

Three key requirements for playing the Inner Game of Management successfully

1. Being able to manage your own self-esteem so that you derive satisfaction from the things managers are suppose to do.
2. Being able to manage your need for direct control over people and results.
3. Being able to manage your need to be liked so that it does not interfere with performing the managerial role.

Ask yourself .... How do you manage the psychological issues within yourself as you guide your own behavior and make your decisions?

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