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Bad management the biggest cause of a businesses failing. The last thing you want to be labeled is a bad manager. Generally you don't get labels as a bad manager for one particular thing you might do. It's more like a pattern of behavior that would make people label you as such. A website called badbossology nominated the biggest reason people would fire their boss. That issue was trust. Other issues were not providing training opportunities, not providing honest feedback, not providing coaching support and in my mind, one of the worst is stealing other peoples ideas and getting the credit for it unduly. Mark Busine who is a general manager of DDI Australia(management experts) says that "trust takes a long time to build and can be destroyed in an instant". these include behaviors like:

1. managers who don't treat their staff with respect and who regularly suck up to those higher than him

2. hypocritical behavior, ie. saying one thing and doing another

3. going back on their word

4. not disciplining staff fairly, choosing favorites from a team

5. making decisions with their interests in mind first and their teams second

If you are guilty of any of these types of behaviors, then you carry the label of a bad manager. And who do you think would have labeled you that? Your own staff off course. Fancy that. The very people you are supposed to be managing and looking after. The above list is just a small taste of what it means to be a bad manager. Take a look at the list below and if you can se yourself in that list, then it's time to get your act together and correct the issues.

A bad manager:

1. regularly humiliates staff in front of others

2. wont stick up for staff if mistakes are made

3. looks more at the number of hours a staff member puts in rather at the quality of work presented

4. is two faced, meaning he shows one face to staff and another to upper management

5. delegates tasks to staff members just in case it will fail so that he can avoid the blame

6. doesn't leave home issues at home but brings them to work

7. instead of explaining a reason for his decision, he just answers questions in a yes or no

8. has one set of rules for himself and his favorites and another set for everyone else

9. creates an environment where failure is absolutely not acceptable and wont be tolerated

10. is not a regular at giving positive feedback on performance

If you fall into any of those categories, then it's time to have a good long think about what you are doing. If you are one of those managers who believe that using people under you as a stepping stone is a great way to get to the top, then think again. You can't escape that old expression that says what goes around comes around. I have seen it time and time again so don't think it wont happen to you.

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