Management Challenges in Business and How to overcome
                     MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN BUSINESS 
AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
Communicating effectively 
with employees
 As a manager, there can often be an element of distance 
from the rest of the team. This creates one of the biggest 
challenges for managers – bridging the distance with 
effective and timely communication skills.
 How to overcome this:
 Everyone communicates differently – some methods of 
communication may work well for some employees, but 
won’t work for others. The best way to overcome any 
communication blockers is to discover the different 
personality types in your team.
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Confronting performance 
problems
 Performance problems are always going to be a concern for 
any manager. But in today’s fierce business environment, if 
your teams aren’t performing to a high standard, a 
competitor could easily come in and take your customer’s 
business.
 How to overcome this:
 If employees don’t have clear targets and goals in place, it 
can be easy to fall short of what is expected.
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Letting employees go
 This will probably always be the hardest part of any 
manager’s job – and it’s something you never want to get 
too comfortable doing.
 How to overcome this:
 If you haven’t already received training, follow up with your 
HR team to ensure that you have undertaken management 
training for how to act in the case of severe violations of 
business conduct.
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Making the right hiring 
decisions
 So many candidates out there might have the experience 
and skills that you might be looking for and they’re probably 
perfectly capable to do the job. But this doesn’t mean 
they’re a perfect match to join your team.
 How to overcome this:
 Create a strong selection process and don’t just choose 
candidates on a “feeling”. Using selection assessments can 
help to show how the candidate would react in certain 
situations and give you a little more insight into what 
they’re like as an employee.
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Managing conflicts within your 
team
 In a dream world, your team works well together. They’re 
great collaborators, feel comfortable being creative together 
and get on socially.
 How to overcome this:
 When a conflict between team members arises, it's 
important that you fully understand the issue before you 
take any action. 
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Retaining star employees in a 
competitive environment
 Today, skills are becoming more and more specialised, so if 
you have a talented employee, you’ll want to do your 
utmost to keep them. But if you’re not offering your 
employees what they’re worth, someone else will.
 How to overcome this:
 Make sure your employees know how much you care and 
appreciate them. Paying your employees what they’re 
worth is always a priority, but you can expand on the 
offering through regular rewards and recognition or exciting 
benefits and perks.
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Creating calm and reassurance 
in periods of turbulence
 As businesses are developing and changing, they can bring a 
wealth of exciting opportunities. Unfortunately, these can 
occasionally bring less exciting consequences too.
 How to overcome this:
 If a redundancy situation arises, it’s likely that, even as a 
manager, you may not know all the information until any 
final decisions have been made.
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The fight against burnout
 Managers that don’t take time away from work and never 
recharge their batteries end up burning out. Not only does 
this harm your own wellbeing and engagement, but it also 
sets an unrealistic example for your employees.
 How to overcome this:
 People are at their most productive when they’re refreshed, 
happy and healthy. And, no surprise, this doesn’t come from 
working overly long hours or taking on extreme workloads.
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Being a constant source of 
motivation
 As much as you might want them to be, not every task that 
you need your employees to complete is going to be an 
exciting one.
 How to overcome this:
 A key skill that you can develop is the ability to show the 
bigger picture. While your employees might not see some 
tasks as fitting into the career dream, elements from the 
task will still be important to their long-term goals. 
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The need to bridge the skills 
gap
 The constant need to ensure the workforce is up-to-date on 
the latest trends, knowledge and skills is a big challenge 
facing managers today.
 How to overcome this:
 Managers need to provide a way for their staff to stay up-to-
date and adapt to advancing knowledge. E-learning can be a 
great way to help bridge the skills gap and help your teams 
to be constantly evolving.
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