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Eight Mistakes Managers Make – A Quick Reference

Participants will learn strategies to foster a positive leadership culture.

This course can be used by managers of all levels to help promote ideas for effective leadership in the business organization. The premise is, there are manager behaviors that negatively impact an employee, their well being, and their productivity. In the end, these negative behaviors impact the bottom line of a company’s profits. These are behaviors that can be avoided. This course can also be used by those desiring to become a manager by helping prepare them for the responsibilities of management and avoiding costly behaviors. Topics covered include:

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This course can be used by managers of all levels to help promote ideas for effective leadership in the business organization. The premise is, there are manager behaviors that negatively impact an employee, their well being, and their productivity. In the end, these negative behaviors impact the bottom line of a company’s profits. These are behaviors that can be avoided. This course can also be used by those desiring to become a manager by helping prepare them for the responsibilities of management and avoiding costly behaviors. Topics covered include:

• Where’s the Data: Using data for decisions making

• Not Listening: Listening can provide valuable insights

• Dictating vs. Facilitating: Facilitating for employee success

• Shortsightedness: Consider the long-term when making short-term decisions

• Micromanaging: Micromanaging can promote fear and decrease productivity

• Too Many Hours & Unrealistic Expectations: What happens when we expect too much

• Punishing for Mistakes: We can benefit from mistakes

• The CEO Is Always Right: As a manager or executive we can benefit from other employee ideas

Any associations with real companies and individuals are coincidental. It is expected many people who go through this course will have had similar, if not the same experiences. It is also possible that if you are a manager, you may not like some of the things mentioned, if they are not part of your style of management. These are suggestions and not meant to be hard, defined rules that apply in every situation. This course is based on the booklet, Gnosis Management 8 Mistakes Managers Make A Quick Reference by Anthony Lavonne and is used with permission.