You're Fired!

 Remember the famous words, "your fired!" spoken by Donald Trump in The Apprentice?  How many times have you felt like you might hear those words? Could it have anything to do with the way you manage people? Not sure, then read on...

 It seems that a lot of talented managers are being fired these days.  Why is that From my view, it's because they lack leadership skills...yes, basic leadership skills.   Don't get me wrong, they have the technical skills to do the job, but when it comes to dealing with people, they have these problems.

• They don't communicate clearly
• They don't know how to delegate effectively
• They have problems resolving employee conflict
• They are unable to conduct effective performance reviews
• They don't know how to handle complaints

 Think about this situation....Bill was a member of a six-member software development team.  He made a couple of mistakes on a major project causing one of his team members, Jackie, to fall behind.  Because of the delay, other members of their team got mad at both of them.  A lot of negative emails were exchanged among the team, and the project seemed to be doomed.

 One of the team members finally talked to her leader about it...who had not communicated with the team in over a week.  The leader called a quick meeting and came down hard on Bill and Jackie.  He even threatened to fire the entire team if the project didn't finish on time.

 If you had been the one to have talked to the leader about the problem, how would you feel now about bring up other "bad news?"

 Although a foreign concept to most managers, the most important skills you can have as a leader are:  the ability to evaluate work performance; resolving conflicts; dealing with complaints; correcting poor work habits...while making sure your team feels good about themselves.  These skills are the only way to make sure that mistakes will be reported quickly so that problems can be solved.

 The quickest way to keep employees from being open and honest is to blame them when things do go wrong!  When that happens, watch out...your quality of work and productivity will suffer.

 Did you know that the NUMBER ONE reason employees leave a company is because of a bad manager...NOT the company?! 

 We've all known people who were promoted to manager because they COULD DO their jobs well.  Then once they found themselves managing people, they were lost and stressed out.  And in many cases, the only way to deal with a "bad manager" is to fire him or her.  Does this sound familiar?

 With the proper training, most managers can be saved by improving their leadership skills.  They can learn to manage a group of people so they are productive, effective and produce bottom line results.

 If you are interested in improving your management skills, then check us out at www.watson-training.com.