Make Them More Effective Four workers can make 6 floobahs in an eight-hour shift without a manager. On the other hand, if they now make 8 floobahs per day, you, the manager, have value. The same analogy applies to service, or retail, or teaching, or any other kind of work. That is the value of management - making a group of individual more effective. Plan Management starts with planning.
Good management starts with good planning.
And proper prior planning prevents well, you know the rest of that one. Without a plan you will never succeed. If you happen to make it to the goal, it will have been by luck or chance and is not repeatable. Then figure out the best way to get there. Compare strengths and weaknesses of individuals and other resources.