Prepare training materials to help entry level managers identify and understand pitfalls of leadership and how to prevent them.

Training that Considers the Pitfalls of Leadership

In this week’s required reading, The Value of Valuing Employees, the author states that there are six pitfalls that a leader can fall into—poor behaviors that can make employees or followers feel as if they don’t matter. Comaford (2013) states that “When employees are made to feel that they don’t matter, it happens on an emotional level, not an intellectual one” (para. 6).

You have been hired to prepare training materials to help entry level managers identify and understand pitfalls of leadership and how to prevent them.

Think about each of the pitfalls mentioned in the reading.
For each of the six pitfalls, provide a strategy that new managers can use to not fall victim to the pitfalls of leadership.
Offer an example of what each strategy would look like in an example organization.
Explain the potential impact of each pitfall on the organization and on the team.
Support your statements with two outside academic sources other than the textbook, course materials, or other information provided as part of the course materials.
Support your statements with two outside academic sources other than the course material.

Write a 3 page paper, using each pitfall as a separate heading in your paper.

TEXTBOOK CHUNK ON VALUE OF VALUING EMPLOYEES:
Leadership Pitfalls, And How to Avoid Them
Following are the top six leadership pitfalls that can lead to employees feeling they don‘t matter, along with Comaford’s advice to avoid those pitfalls.
Pitfall No. 1: Failing to Respond to Employee Emails
Leaders and manager are busy, and employees know that, but the critter state doesn’t spring from the rational part of the brain, Comaford says. So, when employees send an email and don’t get a response, instead of thinking, “Oh, the boss will get back to me
when she has a moment,” they think, “She doesn’t like my idea. She doesn’t like me. I feel rejected. I don’t matter.”
Avoiding this pitfall is simple: Take time to respond to employee emails. “When an employee emails the boss, especially when that email asks for your approval or contains sensitive content, she’s putting herself out there,” Comaford explains. “Always respond, even if it’s just to say, ‘I need a little time to think about that but I’ll get back to you in a day or two.’”
Pitfall No. 2: Failing to Provide Feedback—Positive or Negative