According to a survey by SHRM, 84% of workers believe poorly trained managers create unnecessary work and stress. And poor time management is a huge factor. When you’re not in control of your own time, you can end up overloading your team, creating unnecessary emergencies, and neglecting to provide essential support.
Even though you’re working hard and have good intentions, you still may be stressing out or demotivating direct reports. As a manager, you owe it to yourself and your team to commit to improving these five time management flaws: assigning your team work without a clear understanding of their existing workload, asking for help at the last minute, not setting boundaries with upper management, never being available to your direct reports, and not taking the time to give credit and positive feedback.