Fatal Mistake 7: Command-And-Control Management Do you find it easier to tell people what to do, rather than coaching them through it, even though it takes longer and more of your energy and attention? You aren’t alone. It can be challenging to spend a lot of time focused on supporting your people, and it’s tempting to think “they’re adults, they can figure it out.” The danger is that you end up treating employees like resources, rather than people with lots of potential, energy and ideas they could contribute given the right circumstances. In Reality… Most employees have ideas and want to contribute beyond their roles. Most employees want to be inspired and make a difference. Most employees want to be helpful, trusting, and communicative. For most employees, it’s just as exhausting for them as it is for management to be told what to do all the time. How can you harness the full creativity, inspiration, and output of your employees? There are plenty of proven practices to help you do this: Solution: Read “The Seven Day Weekend” by Ricardo Semler, visit Worldblue.com to learn more about democratically run companies, or read CEOFlow: Turn Your Employees Into Mini-CEOs.