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10 Reasons Your Team Hates You



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.


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  • 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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