7 Challenges Managers Have to Face

Management is a difficult job with many problems on the way.

Ivona Hirschi
5 min readSep 29, 2022
Photo by Julia Larson

Management is like a garden full of roses.

It is pretty when you walk in. But when you take care of roses, you sometimes get hurt by their thorns. Plus, there are things out of your control like the weather.

Do you have a team? Then you can feel useless. Even if you try, things are not as you imagined. People do not perform well, budgets are cut, and you don’t have control over external events like Covid.

Management is a challenge. We often think managers are the main source of problems. Yet, we forget we don't make it any easier for them.

1. Your team is not satisfied and motivated

Everyone wants to work with easy-going people.

Managers want friendly teams too. It is difficult to manage a team full of strong personalities who hate each other. Even more when these people make a pledge against their manager.

Your manager can ruin your experience at work. But! Likewise, teams can be a huge burden on managers’ lives.

Even if you care, you sometimes fail to engage staff and make them happy. Motivation is low, people are stressed, and the general atmosphere is…

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