1. Rolling your eyes, ‘tutting’ etc when they make a suggestion you don’t like
2. Telling them off for things that you still do as a Manager
3. Always rewarding the highest achievers – not the best improvers
4. Never saying thank you to staff
5. Not telling them what’s happening in the company

Any of these sound familiar? – if you do any of them, stop now, do the opposite and you will start on the road to motivating staff!