Want to know more dumb things that managers do? You can avoid doing the dumb things that managers do that undermine their effectiveness – if you know what they are. •Share too much personal information with employees who report to you. Your employees may listen politely – after all, who wants to be on the bad side of the boss? But, they really don’t care, and they really don’t want to know. Furthermore, excessive details about your personal and family life can chip away at their respect for you and your competence as a manager. One manager I knew used to talk incessantly about his personal life while holding his whole staff captive at their weekly staff meeting. Not only did it influence their opinion of him, it also negatively affected their team and the ability of the team to get their work done. Plus, most of them spent all of their spare time job searching. •Mind read. Never make assumptions about what an employee is doing, thinking, planning and / or the meaning of any of these actions without asking the employee. Don’t assume that you know, or can conclude from what you see, that you understood what the employee meant. This is especially important in situations that might lead to disciplinary action. •Gossip or exchange information about your staff members with other employees in the department, or for that matter, with anyone. Your relationship with the employees who report to you must remain confidential. What they discuss with you must remain with you. It is beyond disconcerting to hear your boss casually drop information about a coworker. It can have an impact on the relationship the employee has with the coworker. But, it always affects your relationship with your reporting staff member. He or she will think of you as a gossip and will never trust you again. This is disastrous when trust forms the foundation for every important relationship at work.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:10:08 +0000
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