As the old saying goes, sitting in a garage doesn't make you a car. And sitting in an office with a leadership title on the door doesn't make you a leader—or at least not a good one. Most organizations have at least a few bad leaders. Maybe they weren't prepared to take on a leadership role, or they're temperamentally unsuited to leadership, Maybe ...

Be decisive A manager who can't make a decision or who can't make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the manager's team.Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision. Employees end up spinning in circles, slicing and dici...