Is This Idiot Really My Boss?

[Success Television]

by Simon Sinek for SuccessTelevision.biz

As anyone who has every held a job can attest, at some point in your career you will work for someone who clearly has less talent or ability than you do.

On a regular basis you’ll ask yourself, “how is THAT guy my boss?” The answer has less to do with the poor sod who was promoted above you and more to do with how we reward performance and view talent in an organization.

The biggest problem is that companies often promote someone to being manager because they are good at their job. But doing the job well and managing others to do it well are not the same thing. In fact, they are completely different skill sets. A great salesman is just that, a great salesman. But a great salesman does not necessarily make a great sales manager. But very often, the top-performing salesman is promoted to sales manager not because he’s necessarily qualified, but because he did well at his other job.

And it gets worse. Not only are we promoting people into the wrong jobs, we aren't even training them once they get there. I can guarantee that top-performing salesman was given tons of training to be a salesman. He probably even shadowed more seasoned veterans to learn the ropes. After he became sales manager, however, his training likely stopped. And he almost certainly never shadowed more seasoned sales managers to learn the ropes.

When people are in middle management and below, we train the heck out of them. That’s because they are doers so, logically, companies train them so they can be good at their jobs. With all that training, they prove themselves and earn promotions. After which, the amount of training plummets.

As people get more senior, they move from being doers to being thinkers and managers, but most companies don’t train people how to manage or think. If you make widgets – there is a training on how to make the best widget. Get promoted, and you’re left to figure things out by yourself. There are painfully few companies that train their managers how to manage or think strategically.

Now is the time to train your managers and up and coming leaders on critical people skills such as listening to different perspectives to innovate, managing your team through change and hiring the right people for the team.
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