6 Leadership Mistakes That Will

Cost You Dearly

A leader leads by example, not by force – Sun Tzu

There are some leadership mistakes that you can recover from. And there are some mistakes you cannot recover from.Here are 6 leadership mistakes that you really cannot afford to make.

# Believing your word is law When you believe that your word is law, that’s

either your way or the high way, you are not acting like a leader. Your acting like a dictator.

This type of leadership rubs employees the wrong way. Nobody likes to have their every move monitored and every thought dictated.

Lead, but don’t hover.

# Using fear to motivate Fear is not a good motivator. This is because

fear only works for short periods of time. When employees become immune to fear, they fight back.

Instead use encouragement and respect to motivate employees.

Fear is a terrible way to motivate employees.

# Not listening to employees The best leaders listen more than they talk. When you make decisions or call for ideas, make

sure to really listen to your employees. And consider what you have listened to.

# Behaving like just another employee

Leaders cannot behave like any other employee. They have a special set of responsibilities that no

one else can carry out. They cannot wash their hands off these responsibilities whenever they like.

Good leaders are there when their employees need them. Often times, they don’t even need to do anything. They just need to provide support and encouragement.

Good leaders show the way so that employees can follow.

# Not admitting a mistake

All of us make mistakes, even leaders. But when you don’t admit your mistakes, you are setting yourself up for something worse.

Admitting a mistake on the other hand, especially to employees let them know that you too are human and it is a sure fire way to earn the loyalty of your employees.

# Treating employees like strangers

You don’t have to know each and every employee in your organization personally. But neither can you act like they don’t exist or that they only exist for your service.

It costs nothing to greet them or ask how they are doing.

Leadership is a trial and error process. Nobody is immune to making mistakes. But there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be aware of potential mistakes either and fix them before they become much worse!

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