I am a bad manager

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I am sick and tired of following what management books have to offer. If management is nothing more than common sense then I will use mine. By doing so I may become an effective manager. Hey! Who knows? My methods may become standard management practice.
Hmm.... that is a problem. I will need to invent more then.

I will list down all the bad management techniques that I have been following. Check them out and add your own counter-management practices.

Follow this lens as I shall keep adding to the list. I will start with 10.

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My Poor Management Techniques 

Yours to adapt and prosper

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Be Inefficient

Never submit a given task on the day you complete it. If I can finish a task in, say, three days I will submit the task on the 4th. I sleep over the finished task and have a fresh look at it in the next morning. You will be amazed how many cleanups you get to do.0 points

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Act dumb

Have you understood what has been told to you? Yes? Then you have got it all wrong. Learn from the expert - me!
I always ask the other person to repeat the instruction using different words. Then I repeat the instruction incorrectly and make the person repeat it all over again. By the end of the conversation, both of us know exactly what is expected.0 points

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Avoid conflict

Those who tell you to face conflict head on don't know what they are talking about. I avoid conflict like plaque. Conflicts are bound to happen. But if you take sides you are doomed. I tackle conflict side on. Tell feuding parties what I need from them and get out of the way. They need to find a solution. Not me.0 points

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Always jump to conclusion

While arguing with your peers and subordinate, do not let them finish talking.
If I understand what they are talking about, I come to conclusion and state it out loud. Generally, my conclusion will hit the basis of their argument. That makes them rethink. Always effective in long-winded time-wasting arguments.0 points

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Never be serious in a meeting

Meetings are wasteful. I have never seen a meeting that was of any use. Except those that are one-sided, meaning you want to convey something. Yet, other managers would like to attend meetings to project their gravity.
Be absolutely relaxed, crack jokes but be alert. Attack gas. Push you points by joking about it. Talk about points that fo completely off tangent.
You will be surprised by the creative ideas such relaxed meeting can bring about.
Caution: remember to finish meeting on time.0 points

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Never take data seriously

Data is not information. It is a pile of rubbish someone has generated to impress you. Question the basis. Question the statistical formula used. Offer counter arguments. Declare the data rubbish and not meeting your desired objectives. Ask for more data. And DO NOT come to conclusion based on any data that has not been generated using at least two different approach. Even then ...0 points

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Stretch arguments to breaking point

Be silly! Look silly! But always test out a stated fact by stretching the point beyond limit. There is technical term to it: robustness testing. If a fact can withstand extreme counter-arguments then the opinion needs to be considered seriously. Even if the fact breaks down beyond a point, it is worth the effort. At least you know the limits within which the fact is valid.0 points

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Perception is the reality

Go by facts, nor perception - rubbish. Perception is the reality. If your client perceives that you have done a shoddy job, no matter how many arguments you offer, your job is shoddy. If you peers perceive that you are a genius, then you are. If your employees perceive that a manager is rude, and you think not. You are wrong; the employees are correct. Their perception is their reality.0 points

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Customers are never right

Come on! They are humans too. They can make mistakes too. They too can perceive things differently from you. But what can you do. Follow the "perception is the reality" rule. Do whatever is required to get a great perception.0 points

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Never delegate

If it is your work you do it. If you want some one else to do the work, redefine that person's role and then tell that person to do the job. Delegated work gets you rubbish quality. Why? Because the person doing your work is not your clone. You will spend more time correcting and cursing the output of a delegated work.0 points

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Don't believe in leadership

This will take one more lens to explain. Wait! I already have a lens on this. Go to http://www.squidoo.com/leadership-hype0 points

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Never take tough decisions

Tough decisions, by definition, are those that are devoid of emotions. I never take a decision without thinking of the human angle. I never take tough decisions. That keeps me human.0 points

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