Here's a plea to those new to management roles or new at being a business owner. Do consider undertaking management courses and formal study to find out what you know already and what you don't know about management functions, managing staff, strategic thinking and planning and all the rest in-between. In the absence of knowledge about best management practices, we typically resort to role modelling the management practices and behaviours we have experienced ourselves. There is no guarantee that what we have experienced and adopt is good and if so, that can be damaging to ourselves, our staff, customers/clients, our workplaces and our business.