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Dirik Hameed
Managers have a very pivotal role to play in any organization. Efficiency in the way resources of a given company are utilized is one of their major responsibilities. Being the leader to a group of other employees is not an easy job considering they follow his guidance. There is one area, however, that these bosses are not the best placed persons to handle; speaking. Managers are not the best management speaker types for these reasons. Public speaking is in most cases an inborn trait but can also be a cultivated art. While others may take up classes to train as speakers, it might not come out as it would a person who possesses the art naturally. A person may start working for a particular organization at a lower level but rise with time to become the manager. He might not have had the chance to practice his speaking skills before. A manager who leads an organization which is always recording losses may find it hard to get the attention of any audience. Any management theories he tries to offer would be trashed without a second thought. The wider audience is so well informed they can tell from a mile away a management speaker who is wasting their time. Another reason that strengthens the fact that they make bad management speakers is the fact that their input in the successes of their mother organizations is attributed to a number of individuals. The junior managers and supervisors are among the people who influence key decisions in the company. Their boss, therefore, would be hard placed to come up solo with any notable speech in front of a management audience. They are used to shouting orders at their juniors. Although this does not affect every one, they are not used to coming down to the levels of the people they are addressing. Taming such individuals would therefore be a herculean task. No audience would waste their time on a person who barks at them instead of communicating with them. It all boils down to their poor communication skills Being a puppet manager is what most bosses are. They have everything done for them. From planning appointments to scheduling board meetings, there are assistants who answer to their every whim. He is the boss yes, but he is practically absent from what goes on in his firm. His work of planning and controlling is handled by other people. He therefore has management skills little to offer as a speaker. The audience may at times not be tickled by the fact that a manager is the right person to deliver a professional talk. Audiences at times form opinions that the specialization field of a given manager is not the best to offer a broad-based view of things. He may even put off participants who would have wished to ask questions. Among the people who need to posses high observation skills are management speakers. One has to observe and tell how a particular audience needs to be handled; how they want the talk put across to them. Managers are not necessarily good observers. What they think is good is what they will deliver. What a folly.
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