Bangalore: “A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.” Frederick W. Smith’s this quote can define what makes a best manager. In fact, no one wants to be a bad manager. But, we know some of the managers are really ‘bad’ to work with. They are just good at being lousy and to give excuses for the flaws. The real ‘jerks’, yeah? It doesn’t matter whether they could be sincere, caring and down to earth if their management skills are less than the ideal. Sometimes, it can happen if you are insecure in your ‘Boss’ role or if you hold the nerve-racking face to your subordinates.

Incompetency is the position which every employee dreams of; in reality many of you may chase the Peter Principle in workplace. You could become a manager as you worked incompetently. Reaching in an incompetent career role might be led you as a lousy manager. Perhaps, surviving in your ‘manager’ role cannot make you a good manager if you cannot identify the effective management killers. In one his post at ‘Greatleadershipbydan.com’ the Director of Executive Development Programs (EDP) at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, Dan McCarthy mentioned the ‘top 10 excuses’ from lousy managers.

1. “I was hired/promoted to drive change – it should be understood and accepted that not everyone’s going to be a happy camper”.
2. “We have the worst HR/finance/budget/sales processes and policies! My hands are tied; I’m almost forced to act this way!”
3. “I inherited a bad team, and bad employees make a bad manager.”
4. “My manager taught me how to manage like this, and he learned from his manager.”
5. “Honestly, I really don’t care.”
6. “I’m new, and have never had any training.”
7. “This isn’t the real me – the job makes me this way.”
8. “They’re all just jealous – I got the job and they didn’t.”
9. “I am what I am, and people should just accept me for what I am. Whatever happened to valuing diversity? ”
10. “There are a lot of other managers who are worse than me!”