Leaders Who Fall to the Pitfall of Leadership Leadership is about taking chances and being innovative. (Brookes Publishing, 2010, para. 38). Leaders and everyone in general make mistakes, leaders and managers make specific mistakes. These consist of not giving good feedback, being to laid back, not designate effectively, and misunderstanding your role. When making mistakes it can be learning experience. But, taking the time to learn how to identify and prevent common mistakes can help you become effective and prosperous, and highly regarded (Manktelow, J., 2015) Pitfall No. 1: Failing to Respond to Employee Emails Emma works from home for her company. She likes the flexible work hours, and it works for her family well. Nothing drives
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To correct this a leader should set aside time in the work day for his or her team and communicate on a daily bases. When a leader listens clearly to what the team has to say, this will improve productivity, and your ability to influence, persuade, and discuss. This will avoid animosity and misinterpretation. To have success in the workplace all of these are necessary (Manktelow, J., 2015) Pitfall No. 3: acknowledging people only when they make mistakes. My daughter works in a warehouse shipping department with a team of ten people. They all work very hard to make sure the orders are picked fast and correctly. The boss is very tightly wound and never tells them good job or thank you for your hard work. He makes a very big deal when something goes wrong or they make a mistake on an order. This situation is very upsetting to the team. They feel much unappreciated and it affects their job performance. It slows their work pace down, the situation tends to make the team feel bad about their …show more content…
works for a very busy law firm in down town New Orleans, Louisiana. She has worked for her boss for ten years as his paralegal. She puts in around ten hours a day five days a week. She has vacation time has built up to over eight weeks in the past ten years. Her boss needs to insist she take some time off to recoup, relax, and de-stress her mind and body. And to spend time with her family. C.J. has got burned out, she don’t take her vacation time like she should every year. With her being overworked this reflects on her job performance, and being productive. This effects the entire office if she is burned out form not taking her time off like she
To correct this a leader should set aside time in the work day for his or her team and communicate on a daily bases. When a leader listens clearly to what the team has to say, this will improve productivity, and your ability to influence, persuade, and discuss. This will avoid animosity and misinterpretation. To have success in the workplace all of these are necessary (Manktelow, J., 2015) Pitfall No. 3: acknowledging people only when they make mistakes. My daughter works in a warehouse shipping department with a team of ten people. They all work very hard to make sure the orders are picked fast and correctly. The boss is very tightly wound and never tells them good job or thank you for your hard work. He makes a very big deal when something goes wrong or they make a mistake on an order. This situation is very upsetting to the team. They feel much unappreciated and it affects their job performance. It slows their work pace down, the situation tends to make the team feel bad about their …show more content…
works for a very busy law firm in down town New Orleans, Louisiana. She has worked for her boss for ten years as his paralegal. She puts in around ten hours a day five days a week. She has vacation time has built up to over eight weeks in the past ten years. Her boss needs to insist she take some time off to recoup, relax, and de-stress her mind and body. And to spend time with her family. C.J. has got burned out, she don’t take her vacation time like she should every year. With her being overworked this reflects on her job performance, and being productive. This effects the entire office if she is burned out form not taking her time off like she