It's been said many times, "that the only constant is change, " and Heraclitus would agree considering his doctrine of change

being central to the universe.  Everything changes and this means you may be a new manager, or you will be managing a new

team.  Below are 9 questions to consider when taking on a new management role, or heading up a new team.

1.    What matters most to you as a new manager?

2.    How can you help to meet the needs of your new employees?

3.    What sort of challenging and meaningful tasks are presenting to your team?  Do these align with their goals as well?

4.    How are challenging and meaningful tasks assigned to team members?

5.    What are some of your new team’s greatest concerns?

6.    How much responsibility are you willing to assign to your employees? How much decision-making power will they have?  Are you going to micro-manage until you feel more comfortable with your team?

7.    How does your new manager prefer to provide and receive feedback?

8.    How does your preference to receive updates on work and how often differ than the last manager, or if this is a new team do you know how you want updates delivered?

9.    What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses? Are there people on your new team that can play off of these?