Make Me A Better Manager, together with the employee opinion database of its owner, ETS, has produced a list of the worst management mistakes that companies can make.
Here are the 10 worst...
1. Not treating everyone in the company fairly
Amazingly, only 54% of more than 50,000 respondents think their company treats them fairly. At least it's more than half.
2. Failing to communicate everything junior managers need to know
More than a quarter of managers (28%) say that they do not have everything they need to know in order to achieve their goals.
3. Failing to involve managers and employees during change
Barely half thought their companies involved them enough (51%).
4. Failing to provide clear routes for promotion
Less than half of those surveyed (47%) were happy with their promotion prospects.
5. Not telling employees what the company wants to achieve over the next year
Nearly a third of those questioned (30%) did not know what the corporate objective was.
6. Stifling new ways of working
Again, almost a third of respondents (31%) cited a failure to allow them to try new ways of working.
7. Letting the promotion system be perceived as fair
More than a third of managers (37%) did not agree that their promotion system was fair.
8. Failure to motivate managers to do the best job they can
More than a third of managers (35%) did not feel motivated in this way by their company.
9. Not providing satisfactory training and development
Some 34%, one third, of managers were dissatisfied with training and development.
10. Failure to provide opportunities for career development
More than a third (36%) were unhappy with career development opportunities.
These figures are from the ETSM3 employee opinion survey database. This contains over 2 million responses from 164,000 respondents taken from 70 national and international surveys of blue-chip companies in the last two years.
This ranking coincides with the launch of ETS's new service, Make Me a Better Manager, an online service that allows a manager to get feedback from his colleagues for just £20.
You never know, your more conscientious line managers might go for it off their own back.
Comments (2)
Good list -
listening to a discussion yesterday (unfortunately whilst in the dentist).
The business Editor from the Daily Telegraph Jeff Randall was the guest. He pointed out that with all this talk of recession causing businesses go bust - maybe hiding the fact that businesses go bust all the time due to bad management .
Posted by jonathan | December 7, 2007 4:38 PM
Posted on December 7, 2007 16:38
Bad management is a problem, the list above reveals some of the worst issues, but there are many others. Most companies brush them under the carpet, but they need to be tackled openly and honestly. A great way to do this would be to carry out an anonymous 360 degree feedback review of all management, done properly this provides an absolutely priceless archive of what your people really think of each other.
The blog entry here: http://www.couraud.com/page17.aspx might be of interest.
Posted by Rebecca | December 12, 2007 1:11 PM
Posted on December 12, 2007 13:11