Research Shows That Your First-Time Managers Aren't Ready to Lead. Now, What?
Summary
Here are four moves that, as senior leader, you can make to put your new manager securely in the drivers seat. Heres a staggering fact: A 2016 survey of 500 managers from micro-learning platform Grovo found that 44 percent felt unprepared for their role. Numbers like these suggest that organizations arent providing first-time managers with enough, or maybe any training, that theyre just getting a new title, a raise, a fhandshake and a friendly "good luck." Related: Why You Need to Invest in a Leadership Development Program "[Great leaders] prioritize two-way communication and trust within their teams," Summer Salomonsen, chief learning officer of San Francisco-based Grovo, said in an email. Another modeling behavior to display if youre a senior leader is to sit in on brainstorming sessions.