I messed up, I truly did. I even wrote a post last week that shows the mistake I made. I wrote that one of my employees bottomed out and in the post I did not see my own part in it.

Indeed this person could have done better, but I asked him to do something outside his skillset, outside his comfort zone. I did not have his back! I believe that as a manager you teach people. And they are allowed to fail. But if they fail, you both fail, and both pick up the thread.

I did not write about my own part that I should have played. I am his senior, I do have the skillset that he misses, and I can teach him. Instead I presumed he could do it, and when he failed I blamed him. Not personally, but in my mind.

When our employees fail, not because they are lazy, but when they try and try to do it right, as a manager we are the net they can fall into, they should be able to land soft and continue, otherwise people loose motivation.

Of course if someone messed up on purpose its a different game, but I have never met such a person in my live. I only met people that try and fail, and they should, because there is no other way to learn. And if failing is no option, like surgeries, or flying a plane ( but than company stuff), as a manager you should make sure that they get trained, until there is no major risk anymore that they fail.

I am a good manager, I truly believe I am, because I want my people to grow. I want them to feel save, but last week I messed up and I hope next week I will do better again.

More in this series:

Subsidies and loans: https://steemit.com/start-up/@hefziba/start-up-the-idea-and-now-what
Document control: https://steemit.com/start-up/@hefziba/start-up-what-to-do-immediately
People managment: https://steemit.com/management/@hefziba/how-to-grow-people-as-a-manager-no-matter-how-experienced-your-employee-is-or-how-experienced-you-are-in-managing-people
Solving conflict: https://steemit.com/management/@hefziba/how-to-solve-conflict-between-team-members
Burn out: https://steemit.com/management/@hefziba/should-you-hire-a-person-that-has-had-a-burn-out
Document Control part 2: https://steemit.com/management/@hefziba/document-control-limit-the-type-of-documents-sop-wi-frm-and-record
Self improvement as a leader: https://steemit.com/management/@hefziba/how-do-you-know-if-you-are-a-good-boss
Motivation at work: https://steemit.com/management/@hefziba/what-drives-you-in-your-work-and-what-drives-others-understanding-this-will-help-you-work-better-with-colleagues
Processes in a company: https://steemit.com/lean/@hefziba/do-you-hate-rules-and-fixed-processes-if-you-stick-to-them-it-will-make-your-company-so-much-better-honestly
Using your strength in leadership: https://steemit.com/leader/@hefziba/strength-based-leadership-how-to-explore-your-strengths-and-deal-with-your-weaknesses-in-a-way-that-it-will-cost-you-less-energy

I am a PHD in Chemistry and have been a technical project manager of international teams for 10 years. If you have any questions, I’m happy to help.

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