Do not make an important decision, when you are

• Hungry
• Angry
• Lonely
• Tired

It badly affects your sensible judgement.

Use AIDA in your every pitch:

• Attention: get your audience attention
• Interest: create interest by showing them the perks
• Desire: make the offer desirable NOW as a short-lived opportunity
• Action: show in plain, simple language how to exactly benefit from the offer

1. Pressure employees to attend “social” events
2. Ask an employee to do something you already asked another employee to do
3. Pressure employees to donate to a charity
4. Make employees go without food at mealtime hours
5. Ask employees to evaluate themselves
6. Ask employees to evaluate their peers
7. Reveal personal information in the interest of “team building”
8. Ask employees to alert you when you “veer off course” — no win situation
9. Ask employees to do something you don’t do — da!!!

[Source: http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/9-things-you-should-never-ask-employees-to-do.html]