It’s said that when a manager finds a person who is better than them, they should definitely not be afraid to hire him or her, even on a higher salary. However, there are some common mistakes most managers make. Here are only a couple of them.
- Hiring under qualified candidates
Managers who hire under qualified personnel can definitely harm the company even without realizing it. A leader should never be afraid to hire someone who is better trained even than he is.
- Blaming others
When dealing with a failure some managers tend to follow the “not my fault” strategy and are willing to blame anyone else so that they don’t have to take any kind of responsibility. When employees have a leader who is constantly focusing on finding ways to get out of uncomfortable situations they might actually follow his example and start blaming other people for their failures. The major risk of this type of attitude is that certain mistakes are never recognized, therefore they are never analyzed and corrected.
- Not encouraging good ideas
Some managers chose to constantly criticize their employees and to never appreciate good ideas or even the persons who come up with them. This usually happens out of the fear that a better idea from a simple employee would be seen as a personal failure on their part. Another situation where this bad habit can negatively influence the wellbeing of an office is when the manager passes a great idea of on employee as his own.
- Being mean
It is highly important for a manager to support his good employees with positive feedback from time to time. Constant criticism will only lead that person to think that they are either bad at doing their job or that they efforts are not appreciated. Either way, the company will end up losing a valuable employee.
- Being greedy
There are certain managers who want to ensure their total control over resources, power and loyalty in a company. They want everybody to agree with them all the time. However, the company may soon see the downsides of not letting the employers be even a little bit independent and able to express their ideas freely.
- Not listening
When a manager doesn’t listen to the opinions of his employees, it means that he can never get to truly know the company he is running. Therefore he will make his decisions only based on intuition and past experiences, so some of them may prove to be ineffective.
- Being too severe
An environment where the manager makes sure that the employees fear him could never be productive. The best people in a company will surely leave as soon as they can find a suitable environment for their development. When employees start fearing for their job security, the survival instinct will automatically kick in. They will no longer work for the good of the company, but start working so that they don’t step on any toes.