On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Management Practices That Make Employees Quit

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Management Practices That Make Employees Quit Lets say youre watching an episode of Dr. Phil where someone is describing a person in his or her life that yells, is rude, blames everyone else for mistakes and expects others to jump 24/7 whenever it is demanded. Well, you need to tell this person that that dog wont hunt, Dr. Phil might suggest. You agree with Dr.Phil, calling out your own advice to the television. Leave the jerk! you yell at the screen. But what if that person being described is.you? And the person complaining about the treatment is one of your employees? Things may suddenly seem much different. Behavior we would never begin to tolerate in our personal lives is often something we demonstrate at work because we dont recognize how destructive it can be to morale or we feel it gets results. Employees may not complain to you directly because theyfear losing their jobs. But its estimated by the Hay Group that average employee turnover rates will increase from 20.6% to 23.4% in the next five years. That means that top performers may quickly make an exit from bosses who make the workplace miserable or even slightly unpleasant. People leave managers A Gallup poll of more than 1 million employed U.S. workers found that the top reason employees quit their jobs is because of abad bossor immediate supervisor. People leave managers, not companies. In the end, turnover is mostly a manager issue, Gallup reports. What many managers may not realize is that what they consider tough management techniques they believe necessary to get results are actually poor strategies thatlead to turnoverand poorer performance. Specifically, Gallup finds that poorly managed work groups are on average 50% less productive and 44% less profitable than well-managed groups. If employees are taking off from your department faster than others, you can bet your performance will be called into question by the higher-ups, and your job could be threatened. So its time to break the bad habits that are making youa terrible manager. Here are 10 things that youre doing to drive employees out the door: You make them work terrible hours.Its not enough to put in eight or 10 hours at the office. You make them answer emails or phone calls at night and on weekends. You dont think they need a day off after theyve returned exhausted from business travel across different time zones. In a survey by NPA, 41.5% of workers say they were motivated to change employers because of issues like job travel and hours. You make them scapegoats.You cant have the big boss (read more here)