ave learned as one of the most common critical mistakes managers make every day? …Too little positive feedback and recognition, and poorly delivered negative feedback or discipline.

You get the behavior you reward. Behavior reinforced is behavior

I’ll bet you don’t have a clue as to what I am talking about – Sea Gull Management.

Let me give you a scenario. The typical manager flies into the department, rapidly flapping his wings while squawking loudly enough to hear it in the next building. He then squat shakes his butt, craps all over his employees and flies out of the department. For those of you with less vivid imaginations, it is when a manager delivers only bad news, never praise or positive feedback or recognition.

Ever worked for someone with this approach to management? De-motivating wasn’t it? Many managers just don’t get it. Most employees would like to be effective, do a good job and get their work done on time and right. Problem is, many organizations sabotage employee performance top-down and refuse to look in the mirror to determine the cause of this situation.

For over 30 years, I have consulted with hundreds of organizations in a variety of industries worldwide. Would you be interested to know what I have learned as one of the most common critical mistakes managers make every day? …Too little positive feedback and recognition, and poorly delivered negative feedback or discipline.

You get the behavior you reward. Behavior reinforced is behavior

g. He then squat shakes his butt, craps all over his employees and flies out of the department. For those of you with less vivid imaginations, it is when a manager delivers only bad news, never praise or positive feedback or recognition.

Ever worked for someone with this approach to management? De-motivating wasn’t it? Many managers just don’t get it. Most employees would like to be effective, do a good job and get their work done on time and right. Problem is, many organizations sabotage employee performance top-down and refuse to look in the mirror to determine the cause of this situation.

For over 30 years, I have consulted with hundreds of organizations in a variety of industries worldwide. Would you be interested to know what I have learned as one of the most common critical mistakes managers make every day? …Too little positive feedback and recognition, and poorly delivered negative feedback or discipline.

You get the behavior you reward. Behavior reinforced is behavior

ked for someone with this approach to management? De-motivating wasn’t it? Many managers just don’t get it. Most employees would like to be effective, do a good job and get their work done on time and right. Problem is, many organizations sabotage employee performance top-down and refuse to look in the mirror to determine the cause of this situation.

For over 30 years, I have consulted with hundreds of organizations in a variety of industries worldwide. Would you be interested to know what I have learned as one of the most common critical mistakes managers make every day? …Too little positive feedback and recognition, and poorly delivered negative feedback or discipline.

You get the behavior you reward. Behavior reinforced is behavior

oyee performance top-down and refuse to look in the mirror to determine the cause of this situation.

For over 30 years, I have consulted with hundreds of organizations in a variety of industries worldwide. Would you be interested to know what I have learned as one of the most common critical mistakes managers make every day? …Too little positive feedback and recognition, and poorly delivered negative feedback or discipline.

You get the behavior you reward. Behavior reinforced is behavior

ave learned as one of the most common critical mistakes managers make every day? …Too little positive feedback and recognition, and poorly delivered negative feedback or discipline.

You get the behavior you reward. Behavior reinforced is behavior repeated. What goes around comes around. Doesn’t matter how you say it, the result is always the same. If you don’t like the behavior you are getting, don’t just look at your employees, but look at your management style, corporate culture and communication patterns to determine where part of the problem lies.

Remember: You will get more of the behavior you want with positive feedback – than by only giving negative feedback.