Scot Ulmer describes the most common mistakes that managers make and how you can avoid them for the benefit of your employees and company as a whole.

1. W H AT N OT TO D O A S A
M A NAG E R
C R E A T E D B Y S C O T U L M E R

2. • Having a managerial
position in a company
often results in a larger
amount of work to
carry-out during the
day.

3. • However, many
managers - regardless of
their status - are
forgetting the ways in
which they should be
treating their employees,
and are therefore losing
some of their hardest
workers.
• Here are stop tips to
help you avoid making
mistakes as a manager in
the professional world…

4. • First, don’t overwork
people.
• If you assign your
employees to heavy
of a workload, they
will burn out.
• And yes, this applies
to even your best
employees.

5. • According to an article published by Entrepreneur.com, “New
research from Stanford shows that productivity per hour declines
sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours, and productivity
drops off so much after 55 hours that you don’t get anything out of
working more,” (9 Things Managers Do that Make Good Employees
Quit).

6. • Another piece of
advice to consider as
a manager is to
recognize
contributions and
reward good work.
• This is something
that many managers
avoid doing, which
leads to unhappy
employees who are
likely to leave the
company.

7. • You may not realize this, but telling an employee that he or she is
doing a great job, or that they’ve written a great report or article,
will go a long, long way when it comes to his or her happiness.

8. • Not caring about employees as
individuals is another step in the
wrong direction that many
managers are guilty of

9. • A good manager should
be able to balance his or
her professionalism with
personality and likable
qualities so that his or her
employees are not afraid
to speak up when things
are going wrong.

10. • According to Entrepreneur.com:
• “These are the bosses who celebrate an employee’s
success, empathize with those going through hard
times, and challenge people, even when it hurts. Bosses
who fail to really care will always have high turnover
rates. It’s impossible to work for someone eight-plus
hours a day when they aren’t personally involved and
don’t care about anything other than your production
yield,” (9 Things Managers Do that Make Good
Employees Quit).

11. • Recognize that your employees are
just as human and have personal lives
just like you do.

12. • For more informative
advice on what not to do
as a manager, please
check out
Entrepreneur.com's article
here, and make sure you
always lead by example so
that your employees are
glad that you’re their
manager.