The Smooth Project Manager

I felt a bit nostalgic this weekend so I went through emails from my previous job. I had this folder, in outlook, which mainly contained all the emails that I used to dread back then (it’s funny cause I still dread those emails). I noticed several mistakes I made:

• I was over-protective of my staff.
• I never trusted my staff (no, this doesn’t conflict with point #1).
• I was over-protective of my IT stock (stupid things such as blank CDs, blank DVDs, cameras, etc…)
• I never compromised, instead, I took the lone-wolf approach (being a lone-wolf should never be the way to go for a good manager), and I isolated myself.
• I played tricks on other managers that never hurt me before, but never helped me after (thus lost a lot of support).
• I was always trying to step onto other people’s territory, instead of expanding mine (eventually I lost even my territory).

But then again, 2 things come to my mind:

• If I knew then what I know now
• If I’m back to the same job, the same position, with the same people, will I act any different?

I know for question #2 that I’ve changed, but I remember quite clearly that the environment was very harsh, so even though I’m sure I will act different, I’m not sure that I will become another person.