10 signs of an incompetent manager
Margaret Heffernan
FastCompany, Jul 08
1. Bias against action: There are always plenty of reasons not to take a decisionBut real leaders display a consistent bias for action..
2. Secrecy: Very few matters in business must remain confidential and good managers can identify those easily. Secrets make companies political, anxious and full of distrust.
3. Over-sensitivity: Can your manager see a problem, address it headlong and move on? If not, problems won’t get resolved, they’ll grow.
4. Love of procedure: Love of procedure often masks a fatal inability to prioritize — a tendency to polish the silver while the house is burning.
5. Preference for weak candidates: Fee threatened by the super-competent manager and hadn’t the confidence to know that you must always hire people smarter than yourself.
6. Focus on small tasks
7. Inability to hire former employees: Every good manager has alumni, eager to join the team again; if they don’t, smell a rat.
8. Allergy to deadlines: A deadline is a commitment. The manager who cannot set, and stick to deadlines, cannot honor commitments.
9. Addiction to consultants: A common — but expensive — way to put off making decisions is to hire consultants who can recommend several alternatives.
10. Long hours: Bad managers work very long hours. They think this is a brand of heroism but it is probably the single biggest hallmark of incompetence.
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