Top 5 Common Mistakes Made by Managers
This article takes a light-hearted look at the common mistakes made by managers that often undermine their ability to do their job effectively. Bad Management? While some of our assessments of various management failings target the behaviour of leaders as individuals, it must be appreciated that on some occasion’s managers fail simply due to a lack of training or guidance given to them. At the same time, it would be fair to say that a lot of management failings come down to conduct rather than their competence to do the job, and we took the chance to look at both. 1. Being “One of Them” Whether it is going for the nauseating “we are like one big family” spiel or having your personal life shared with your team, warts and all, on social media websites, being “one of the team” is often the quickest way for a manager to shoot themselves in the foot. Yes, having a connection with the team is important, them seeing photos of you with friends after a few drinks on F