3 Dangerous Management Beliefs You Need to Immediately Destroy
3 Dangerous Management Beliefs You Need to Immediately Destroy. Replace these concepts with a new leadership code and success will follow.
Much of great leadership is getting the logistics together well–that is, figuring out the how of whatever it is you need to accomplish. But the beliefs or philosophies you hold dictate your interactions and decisions, too, and some management ideas floating around the office are downright toxic.
The 3 most dangerous beliefs
Three management beliefs stand out to organizational change advisor Shawn Murphy as being particularly dangerous to your effectiveness and the potential of your business.
1. Money talks.
“Money is a short term motivator,” Murphy says, “but it’s influence on performance, in the long run fails to sustain excellence. When management believes money will motivate employees to do their best, they overlook more compelling ways to inspire high performers. Researchers Richard Ryan and Edward Deci find that autonomy, mastery and purpose give employees more control and say in how to achieve business results. If a company wants higher performance (which ones don’t?), then they need to equip managers with the skills to give employees more control over their work (autonomy), provide growth opportunities while at work (mastery) and help employees understand how their work matters to stakeholders (purpose).”
2. It’s just a job.
Murphy cites a 2018 Conference Board report that found that Generations X and Y believe that a calling is more important than clocking in and doing a job. Meaningful work also ranks high in terms of what makes a job a calling.
Managers are disconnected from this reality, however, because they fail to quantify their relationships. This makes it easy not to challenge the biases that long have helped them personally succeed. They continue to believe that benefits and pay will get workers excited and have a positive influence on retention. And they are dismissive of the commitment employees show when they sacrifice and prioritize their work over their personal lives.
