2. Suspend judgment.
Many young managers believe that if they don't act like they have the answer, their employees will lose respect for them. This thought-process is backward: Pretending to have all the answers is the chief cause of not being respected.
If you are prone to snap judgments and haven't disciplined your mind to routinely suspend judgment, then you will assess, judge and determine your response without getting all the feedback. You might be right 75 percent of the time, but the 25 percent of the time that you jumped to a conclusion could cost you your career. When you are getting feedback from a team member, learn to hold back on your first response and make no judgment until you have finished your conversation with this associate.
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