What Every Manager Should Teach Their Teams
Cleaning. And three others.
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5 min readDec 9, 2024
Lunch in the office.
The office kitchen is a place to quickly pass by because the tables are full of crumbles. The kitchen counter is full of dirty dishes, and the carpet has stains.
How the kitchen looks might show the state of project folders.
People don’t like cleaning. They could not be bothered. Someone will do it. Eventually. Or not.
Yet, there is no mum to clean after them. There is a manager, instead.
What should managers be doing, then?
1. Clean up your mess before it grows legs and walks away!
Managers want their team members to have fun and grow skills. They think about how to help them with:
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Time management
- Adaptability
- Motivation
- Proactivity
- etc.
Yes, they are important. But don’t we forget about the basics? Things, no one can successfully work without?
You’ve got it. Hygiene.
