Signs Your Managers Need Leadership Training

John is surviving in the business world.

He is able to pay salaries, rent and other obligations on time. His business has been growing at an annual rate of 5%, which for him is way below company’s potential.

But he knows that he could be doing well if only he had a committed, engaged and productive workforce.

No matter how much he wants to have a professional and well run business he has identified gaps that are preventing the business from taking off.

These are the 4 major challenges John is experiencing with his managers:

• His managers is not committed to the organisation’s mission and seem like they are just there for the pay.
• Secondly, very few managers take initiative; they do not go that extra mile to find a solution.
• He has witnessed a refusal of managers to take responsibility or perform tasks that do not belong to their departments
• He has employed a young workforce (under 30), and from his observation, they are not able to handle stress and pressure. Every time their manager demands results and accountability, they either threaten to resign or become emotional. He has also noted a trend where staff results to gossip. This is not the company culture he had hoped for.

Does This Speak To You? If so, it might be time to invest in some leadership and management training for your supervisory team.

Here are 10 signs that your managers could benefit from better leadership development:

1. Lack of initiative. Do you feel like some of your supervisors typically do only what they have to do to keep their job? The minimum.

2. No commitment. Managers doing things for the sake of it and not aligning to the direction the company wants to take.

3. Poor quality work. Errors, overlooked priorities and missed deadlines. Unhappy customers.

4. Absence of teamwork. Staff not being able to work well together. Some staff frustrating others and acting as a roadblock.

5. Constant conflict & negativity. Employees constantly complaining about their salary, job or the organization, shifting blame to others, or generally exhibiting a defeatist attitude at work.

6. High rates of frequent and unplanned leave in disregard to meeting customers’ expectations.

7. Inability to handle minimal job pressure and stress.

8. Poor financial performance – Organisation just ‘surviving’

9. You spend too ‘much time’ in the business micro managing or fire fighting.

10. ‘Things’ cannot ‘move’ or ‘happen’ without you. You find yourself performing your staff or juniors job.

So what next?

With the our leadership training, your managers can learn to engage their teams, boost productivity, and free you up to focus on the big picture.

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