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Writer's pictureMiranda Ubong

Why Your Subordinates Don't Take You Seriously

Updated: Jan 18

If you are a leader and you feel disreputable each time you walk into the office, or overlooked whenever you address your team or you believe people don’t regard you in your capacity - then you’re not being taken seriously by your subordinates.


Here are eight (8) reasons why:


You don’t Demonstrate Conviction: In your plans, addresses and while tackling difficult situations - you show a lot of doubt, mediocrity and ordinariness. You never come across as solid and convincing to your subordinates and they begin to doubt your ability to lead.



You have no Boundaries: As far as your workplace interaction goes, there are no boundaries to it. Your communication is uncensored. You discuss anything with anyone, making you an open book with nothing left to know about.



You don’t Solve Problems: I have been summoned to sessions where a particular senior staff takes it upon himself to be the one who critically describes and expatiates the problems and throws the ground for suggestions to the rest.


Subordinates appreciate leaders who bring them out of difficult situations rather than coerce them for solutions.



You don’t Follow Through: On what you say and plan to do. You are already known for reneging on your commitments.


When you make plans with your team that they never get to execute because you backed out and when they cannot hold onto your words - you will certainly come across as cowardly and unreliable to your subordinates.



You’re Power -Abusive: You abuse your authority by using your power wrongfully. Engaging in workplace bullying, manoeuvring your way through situations, trying to establish dominance and forcefully involving yourself in matters not under your span of control.



You’re Have a Poor Hygiene: If you have a poor hygiene, then you’re a sure target for workplace mockery. You are ridiculed because you never appear groomed and even worse, you don't dress the part.



You’re an Inciter: Chances are, you enjoy workplace gossip. You like listening to what employee A said about B.. You use a personal informant who incites people just to get information. You call people separately telling them what they other person said about another.


Subordinates disgust this attitude about their leaders and soon lose their respect for them.



You’re not Exemplary: More or less a hypocrite. You chide your subordinates for issues you are guilty about. You openly do not follow the rules because you have no one looking over your shoulder. You expect from your subordinates what they cannot demand of you.

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