Bad manager | 5 signs you may be a terrible people manager

Regardless of your seniority, if you have even one individual under your guidance, being a manager is central to your role.

Whilst the term ‘management’ may have certain connotations, the charge of care under which all people managers are bound necessitates a certain employee-first mentality which some leaders are simply failing to live up to.

A fundamental truth that many companies fail to understand is that the best person for the job of leading a team isn’t always the person who excels at their job. For example, you may be a marketing whizz, a finance guru or a content king, but that doesn’t mean that you have the talent to lead.

As brutal as it sounds, executives would be wise to keep high performers where they’re thriving and instead, search for someone whose knowledge maybe isn’t leading, but who inherently understands the fundamentals of a people-first approach. It says a great deal that research by CareerBuilder reveals that 58% of managers have received no training whatsoever and that 82% of employees don’t trust their boss, yet those supervised by a highly-engaged leader are 39% more likely to be engaged themselves.