- You Don't Prioritize
If everything is important, the team can't focus on critical tasks.
- You Don't Prioritize: 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.
- 4. You Treat Them Like Employees: The Fix
Take the time to learn some details. No faking this one.
- You Don't Fight For Them
When you don't stand up for people, you lose their trust.
- You Don't Fight: 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.
- Modeling Balance: 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.
- Never Relaxing: The Fix
Let them know you're human. Laugh, when appropriate.
- You Micromanage
They have no room to make decisions on their own.
- Micromanagement: 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.
- Sucking Up: The Fix
Try kicking up, and kissing down.
- You Treat Them Like Mushrooms
In the dark, fed manure.
- Mushrooms: 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.
- Clean Hands: The Fix
Pick a smaller project and do it yourself.
- You're Indecisive
Flip-flopping is not leadership.
- Flip-flopping: The Fix
Acknowledge you might make a mistake, but move ahead.
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