FAILURE TO ENJOY YOUR ROLE AS A MANAGER
Many psychological rewards and perks come with a supervisory position. If you don't isolate and enjoy them, you will render yourself less effective. For example, one of your rewards is more freedom. Enjoy this freedom by giving yourself workdays filled with variety and special challenges to eliminate boredom. Remind yourself that your employees can afford to be negative or have occasional down days, but you can't. If you appear overburdened, washed out, haggard, and down, those who work for you will pick it up and the entire department will reflect your negative attitude. No matter how effective you are in other ways, if you don't stay positive and upbeat, the productivity of your department can drop and ...
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