It isn’t easy to manage a team, because the relationship between managers and the people they supervise is an awkward one. When we start our careers, we quickly learn the unwritten rules of the workplace and integrate them into our thinking. We have learned that we can’t really tell the truth at work – not the way we tell the truth to our friends and family members. Most employees won’t, unless their manager works hard to show them (not tell them) that the manager is trustworthy. Here are five topics most leaders — from first-line supervisors to CEOs — are in denial about.

Source: Forbes November 22, 2016 19:42 UTC