After reading a great article on HR Daily from leadership author Bruce Rosengarten, I was faced with the startling reality that all the mean teachers from my high school years were mean to me for a reason - because if I fail, so do they!

This is an important lesson that is getting taught the hard way to many management personnel who think that once they reach that last rung on their leadership ladder, that all the hard work is finished and they can just sit back and yell at their minions.

Rosengarten states that "70 per cent of how an employee performs is directly related to how well he or she is led and managed". Essentially meaning, as a manager, the buck stops with you!To read the full article, click here.

The hard facts of it, ladies and gentlemen, is that the work is never finished - last drinks are never called, the bell never tolls and neither does that slightly large lady begin to bellow out the high notes. The fact is, as a manager, you are the teacher, mentor, leader and fountain of all knowledge to your employees - and it's time to just accept it.

So the best way to often measure the management's performance is to take a good hard look at how their employees are coping. Are they stressed? Do they look confused? And worst of all, are they just doing nothing!? This is the way to a successful business and often the way to successfully hire as well. Promoting that one motivated and helpful employee into management could essentially increase productivity in all areas of your business, so choose carefully!