Mike Figliuolo of thoughtLEADERS, LLC says workers often are less happy with their bosses than they let on. "If you don't start fixing some of these behaviors, you might end up with a mutiny on your hands," he writes. Here's Mike's list of 10 obstacles to a happy team.
- You Don't Prioritize - If everything is important, the team can't focus on critical tasks.
The Fix: Force yourself to rank each task, dividing them evenly between high medium, and low. Honor that list.
- You Treat Them Like Employees - If you know nothing about your team as people, they know it.
The fix: Take the time to learn some details. No faking this one.
- You Don't Fight For Them - Then you don't stand up for people, you lose their trust.
The Fix: Get someone that raise they deserve. Get that cool new project approved. Let them know.
- You Don't Model Balance - You say weekends are precious for families, then bombard them with email on Sunday afternoon.
The Fix: Take a day off -- or learn how to do "delayed send" so your messages won't go out until Monday morning.
- You Never Relax - Negative or stressful energy transfers to others.
The Fix: Let them know you're human. Laugh, when appropriate.
- You Micromanage - They have no room to make decisions on their own.
The Fix: Pick a few low risk projects; commit to doing nothing unless being asked for help.
- You're A Suck-up - This shows a lack of spine -- and could mean you expect the same from them.
The Fix: Try kicking up, and kissing down.
- You Treat Them Like Mushrooms - In the dark, fed manure.
The Fix: Share information within reason. You aren't 007.
- You Don't Get Your Hands Dirty - You're great at assigning work. Doing work? Not so much.
The Fix: Pick a smaller project and do it yourself.
- You're Indecisive - Flip-flopping is not leadership.
The Fix: Acknowledge you might make a mistake, but move ahead.
To read more from Mike, visit
thoughtLEADERS, LLC.
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