Some managers are born, some are made and some shouldn’t ever be let near a team, ever!
You can get training, but if more than a few of the following apply to, then you should seriously consider whether management is for you!
- If my team make a mistake – I look for someone to blame
- I think planning is for wimps!
- The best staff to recruit are people who think just like me
- Team members don’t need to know about the business
- I like to check that my staff are doing it the way I would do it
- Job descriptions are unnecessary – people should just do what I tell them
- My team are always taking sick leave
- I don’t like to spend too much time with my team/other people
- I go out of my way to avoid conflict/confrontation
- I don’t like making decisions
- I’ll never change
- Communication isn’t that important
- I prefer to be part of the gang
- I think management is ‘overhead’
- I’m not organised
Quiz – are YOU cut out to be a manager?
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