Five mistakes that can ruin a team's potential

An effective manager should support their team in efficiency and productivity, and enable them to fulfil their potential. Unfortunately, there are quite a few common mistakes managers make which, on the contrary, only handicap the team. Here are five mistakes you should avoid so as not to destroy your team's potential.

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No support for individual talent

As Addicted2success.com states, it is a big mistake for a manager to neglect the individual and unique strengths of their subordinates. A good manager, on the other hand, should work on developing subordinates and their individual talents, which can then be utilised to the benefit of the whole team.

Micromanagement

Micromanagement is a real enemy of productivity, loyalty and potential. If you persist in micromanaging team members at all times, they will become frustrated, unnecessarily stressed out, and eventually unproductive.

Non-transparent communication and backstage political games

A manager should always be open with subordinates. They should not hide anything from them, and there should be no political games going on backstage. Transparency is key to mutual trust and camaraderie of the whole team.

Criticism of innovation and originality

Some managers, unfortunately, want all subordinates to be the same. They do not support diversity or alternative opinions. Everything needs their approval and they do not tolerate any original ideas or attempts to break the status quo. Sooner or later, such a team is sure to fail.

Setting employees against one another

An effective manager must not be divisive, neither directly nor indirectly; on the contrary, they need to unite their team. Competition within a team is unhealthy and so never should a manager set one employee against another.



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