Five Mistakes Managers Make

Описание: My First Five Mistakes as a Manager (I Thought I Was Failing Every Day)

When I first became a manager, I didn’t feel proud.
I felt exposed.

Every question I couldn’t answer felt dangerous.
Every problem felt like proof I wasn’t ready.
And every mistake felt bigger than it actually was.

I remember going home thinking: “Surely everyone can see I don’t know what I’m doing.”

I’m Marcel Kotowski — a chartered manager with over twenty years of management experience — and this video is about the first five mistakes I made as a new manager. The mistakes that don’t show up in job descriptions, training courses, or promotion announcements — but quietly define your first year in leadership.

These aren’t catastrophic failures.
They’re the internal mistakes:

Believing you have to have all the answers

Feeling guilty for delegating

Assuming people know what you know

Micromanaging without realising it

Taking every problem personally

In this video, I don’t just list these mistakes — I explain why they happen, what they do to your confidence, and how to learn the lesson without burning yourself out.

⏰ Timecodes ⏰
0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Mistake 1
3:54 - Mistake 2
6:21 - Mistake 3
8:46 - Mistake 4
11:10 - Mistake 5
12:51 - Summary

If you’re in your first 6–12 months as a manager, there’s a good chance you’ll recognise yourself here.
That constant pressure to perform.
The feeling that you’re “behind” everyone else.
The quiet fear that one wrong decision will undo everything.

Here’s the truth I wish someone had told me earlier:
Feeling this way doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It means you’re learning the hardest part of the job.

This video is for managers who care.
For people who want to do a good job — and are carrying more weight than they admit.

Watch this if you want to:

Stop feeling like every mistake defines you

understand what early management struggles are actually teaching you

lead with more calm, clarity, and confidence

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