‘It’s missing a lot of functions’: Project manager dismisses team’s concerns about their primary platform’s flawed upgrade, so they deliberately flood his inbox with individual support requests until he’s too overwhelmed, forcing his boss to take over – FAIL Blog

This just proves the importance of communication when it comes to being a “leader.” If a boss or manager is unable to communicate effectively with those they lead, how can they expect their team to follow successfully?

Being a manager is not strictly about giving instructions; it’s also about learning from your team and allowing them to have a voice and opinions of their own. Oftentimes, their ideas and suggestions are exactly what can bring life to a concept or improve a pre-existing system. So instead of ignoring those “below” you, use them as a valuable asset rather than an expense. In doing so, you can also avoid a very full and intimidating inbox!