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Are You Making These 5 Mistakes in Your Management?

A wise manager learns from his mistakes.  He know that management has more leverage than others, and a wise manager will produce much more results than 100 hardworking staff.   As covered in our courses How to Be a Better Manager (details at here ) and other courses , the following are the 5 most common mistakes made by managers: 1. Too Close and Cannot See Things from a Distance.   As a manager, you need to be close on the ground, but you have to see things from a distance to get the right perspective.  This skill is called equanimity , which is an equalness of mind not affected by experience and feelings. Like if you need to discipline your staff, you need to be tough and not soft-hearted.  Also, getting too close to the staff may encourage some of them to climb over your head 2.  No Clear Targets for Your People.   People do not work towards grand visions, goals and mission but clear targets that they can relate to everyday.  The best way to do this is to have a KPI (Key