One of the most common struggles we hear about with new managers is resentment from fellow team members.  Sometimes peers (that are now your employees) will resent the fact that you were promoted and they were not.  Others might simply feel that you are not qualified for the job.  These issues are very common to new managers, especially if one or more of your peers (now employee) have ever managed before and you have not.

In this chapter, we will discuss exactly what it means to be an IT Manager.  In today's world, IT Managers can be responsible for many different areas of focus - or just one area.  These areas could include Project Management, Server Administration, IT Compliance, Security, Application Development or Websites just to name a few.  IT Managers are generally responsible for engaging many areas of the company including finance, operations, distribution, stores (in retail) and/or manufacturing as examples

New managers tend to make mistakes.  It's part of the learning process.  One HR department of a fortune 100 company recently did a survey or seasoned manager to find out what the most common mistakes were made.  Here is the list.

Communication is the exchanging of ideas and information. Clear communication is an essential element in any business environment to manage business activities. For the success of any business communication between the employer and the employees is a must. Communicating effectively with your employees will help to improve the work relationships and make the employees more harmonious and hospitable. Below are some simple tips which help you to know how to communicate with your employees.

There’s one skill everybody at work wishes they were better at, but you won’t find it taught in MBA courses: office politics. Tales of political sabotage, power plays and turf wars are part of any organization’s history. Nonetheless, political competence is the one skill everyone wishes to have more of—but no one admits to it.
 

One of your goals as an IT Manager is to align yourself and your department to the goals of the company.  The size or type of business is irrelevant.  It doesn't make any difference if you are an IT Director for Wal-Mart or a front-line working manager at small non-profit company.  It is your responsibility to discover the company goals and align with them.