{"id":19787,"date":"2019-10-16T12:12:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T09:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=19787"},"modified":"2019-10-16T01:20:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T22:20:14","slug":"the-leaders-classic-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/the-leaders-classic-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic mistakes most leaders make.. how to overcome them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dmteam.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1_8l5cyz8wsA8-2bKaJYbBaQ.jpeg\" alt=\"\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0630\u0627\u062a \u0635\u0644\u0629\" width=\"635\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0643\u0648\u0646\u0643 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-to-be-a-leader-in-the-way-of-alpha-wolves\/\">\u0642\u0627\u0626\u062f\u0627<\/a> means you\u2019ll face many crises and deal with a range of challenges, some involving employees or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/self-management-of-the-team\/\">Team<\/a> the team you manage, and challenges <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">with your manager or people in more senior leadership roles, as well as unexpected workplace issues and challenges with <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">customers and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Workplace challenges are a normal and necessary part of life. We don\u2019t live in a utopia, no one is perfect, and no one can prevent crises from happening. But in <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Sometimes, intense pressure or stress can lead some people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/types-of-leaders\/\">Leaders<\/a> to make the same mistakes\u2014what we might call classic mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">These classic mistakes, made by many leaders regardless of their industry, may be caused by pressure, as we mentioned, or by <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">their fear of losing control of the team, appearing weak in front of employees, or other reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Below, we look at some classic mistakes leaders make and offer tips to help you overcome them and avoid them in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Mistake #1: Providing All the Answers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">People tend to look for a leader when they run into problems. Leaders feel pressured to have all the answers and provide them to their employees at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">As a leader, always providing the answers will negatively affect the rest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/10-great-tools-to-improve-team-productivity\/\">Team<\/a>It keeps them from researching, improving themselves, and developing their <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">skills. It also feeds your sense of selfishness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Mistake #2: Failing to admit when you\u2019re wrong<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Anyone working in any field is praised and receives positive feedback when they do something right. By contrast, admitting to making a mistake <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">brings nothing but more negative criticism, and people begin to treat us as failures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Outstanding leaders often admit when they\u2019ve made a mistake, acknowledge that they can\u2019t do everything with 100% accuracy, accept defeat, and take <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">responsibility for their actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Mistake #3: Trying to fix problems too quickly<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The urgent need to put an end to problems and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/7-tips-to-protect-yourself-from-financial-crises\/\">\u0639\u0644\u0627\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0632\u0645\u0627\u062a<\/a> do so very quickly can prevent leaders from identifying the causes of a disaster, which <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">keeps them from preventing it from happening again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This quick-fix approach may satisfy leaders higher up, but it does not help solve problems or resolve crises, and things rarely end <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">well. So, if you\u2019re a leader, it\u2019s essential to address the problems facing your organization calmly and wisely, identify their root causes, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and work to eliminate them at the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Mistake #4: Relying only on positive feedback<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Leaders often settle for giving their teams positive feedback and avoid criticism filled with negative comments so they don\u2019t find themselves in an<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> awkward situation or face a crisis with employees. But as a leader, it\u2019s essential to always remember that critical feedback and the observations you share with employees are just as <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">important and valuable as positive feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u064a\u062f\u0631\u0643 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/great-leaders\/\">Great leaders<\/a> Successful leaders understand that conflicts with employees are inevitable and can\u2019t be avoided or ignored. So you need to confront employees<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> about their shortcomings and speak candidly with them about their weaknesses, making clear that you\u2019re doing so only to help them succeed and grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Mistake #5: Not knowing when to give up<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Often, you may struggle to identify the right time to give up and find it difficult to know when to walk away from a project you\u2019ve been working on for years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">It takes real strength to surrender or resign from a job you\u2019ve held for many years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Effective, influential leaders work hard to keep fear from taking control and preventing them from realizing potential gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Admitting defeat, abandoning a project, or resigning from a job doesn\u2019t necessarily mean you lack courage or intelligence. Rather, it shows that you <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">have mastered the art of letting go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Sometimes, pressure can turn strengths like knowledge, perseverance, or the ability to solve problems quickly into weaknesses. That\u2019s why <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">you need to be strong without letting excessive strength become the reason for your failure.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0643\u0648\u0646\u0643 \u0642\u0627\u0626\u062f\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0646\u0643 \u0633\u0648\u0641 \u062a\u0645\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0632\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0648\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0645\u0634\u0627\u0643\u0644 \u0645\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0641\u0629\u060c \u0628\u0639\u0636\u0647\u0627 \u064a\u0631\u062a\u0628\u0637 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0638\u0641\u064a\u0646 \u0623\u0648 \u0641\u0631\u064a\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u062a\u062a\u0648\u0644\u0649 \u0625\u062f\u0627\u0631\u062a\u0647\u060c \u0648\u0645\u0634\u0627\u0643\u0644 \u0623\u062e\u0631\u0649 \u0645\u0639<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[19756,19755,1878,5569,19757,2055,11460],"class_list":["post-19787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-19756","tag-19755","tag-1878","tag-5569","tag-19757","tag-2055","tag-11460"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}