what would you advise a FTM in under 2 mins?

You meet interesting people on flights. I met a Director of a medium sized telecom firm from Bangalore and asked him what should a first time manager know and do.

• Your team should trust you and you should trust your team.
• Each and every individual is different and is motivated by different things.
• It is easier to get work accomplished when some one wants to do it.
• You should fight for your team in the company.

While this advise is pretty much commonsense, Experts tell us that commonsense is not common.

:)