6 Signs Youre Leading Your Team in the Wrong Direction

6 Signs Youre Leading Your Team in the Wrong Direction Lets face it all managers want to be good managers. I mean, I dont think anyone has ever set out to be a bad one But some people find themselves building patterns of management style that arent healthy for their employees, their team or their company without meaning it. If youre questioning whether your management skills could use some improvement, here are some tell-tale signs that you need to work on your leadership.1. You expect your employees to know things that you dont tell them.As a leader, you cannotlage expect your employees to assume essential information. According to Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Company, in order to employees need crucial information regarding projects, meetings, and more in order to succeed. And they rely on managers to give them that crucial information.Consider why your team doesnt have the information they need, and own that shortcoming yourself, Lew wrote. Good leaders know its on themselves to make sure the team knows what they need to know.2. Everyone always agrees with your ideas.According to Geoffrey James, author of Business Without the Bullshit, If all your team members smile and nod whenever you say something, it means that theyve decided that its better just to agree with you than to risk getting shot down.You want your employees to feel free to speak up and not only give their own ideas, but critique yours as well. A good manager allows her employees to feel comfortable enough pitching ideas.3. Youve never been wrong.While reflecting back on your management days, if you cannot recall a single time in which you were wrong (and actually admitted you were wrong), you could probably improve your management skills. Managers are given their responsibilities because they are good at what they do, but no one is perfect. We all make mistakes, and a good manager recognizes that and admits her wrongs when they occur.4. You force your employees to stay late with no intention of staying late yourself.Lew claims this is a sign of a bad manager. Managers should set a positive example for their employees, and by not staying late yourself, youre setting a bad example.Its a meinung to your employee that you dont value them or their time. Reexamine if youre modeling the behavior yourself that youd like your employees to exhibit, Lew said.5. Your top workers keep leaving the company.Probably one of the more recognizable signs of poor leadership, your management style could be the cause of your retention troubles.Really talented people dont stick around where their talents are being wasted, which is always the case when theyve got lousy managers, James said.6. You do everything yourself because youre worried about others messing it up.Your reluctance to hand things off to your team is a telling sign that youre slipping into becoming a bad manager, Lew said. Good managers want to help their employees become better, and getting better always involves making mistak es. Plus, when you wont let your workers do anything on their own, they know you think they will fail.A great leader knows that the crux of teamwork is equipping others with the ability to do things right and trusting that they will, she wrote.Dont miss out on articles like these. Sign up