You just got the promotion. Your peers are genuinely happy for you. You feel ready. Then it hits you: no one actually taught you how to do this job. That’s not a failure on anyone’s part — it’s a skills mismatch built into how most companies grow. This post is the training most new managers never get: four principles, and the business logic behind each one, so the thinking holds up even when your own situation doesn’t match the example.
Leadership Development, Why Management Careers Stall
Managers aren’t failing because they’re stubborn. They’re failing because no one ever taught them how to manage. This post explains why management training vanished, why even seasoned leaders repeat the same mistakes, and how employees—managers and senior ICs alike—can use these principles to level up and stand out.
Successful Manager Series: Introduction
Managers aren’t failing because they’re stubborn. They’re failing because no one ever taught them how to manage. This post explains why management training vanished, why even seasoned leaders repeat the same mistakes, and how employees—managers and senior ICs alike—can use these principles to level up and stand out.
Getting over the fear of providing employee feedback
This guy has no fear of providing employee feedback for improvement (and a little something extra)
Employee feedback is hard
As a manager, one of the most common, anxiety-causing moments is when we need to provide “ employee feedback” for improvement. No one wants to tell a colleague they are doing something wrong. A few decades ago, you could yell, scream, and abuse employees. As a good friend in the military explained to me,
New manager training
We have all been told to inspire, coach and motivate. But how does that translate to management behavior?
New manager training
Disclaimer: The following is not a preferred course for new managers. A new manager training would actually have a start and continue throughout the entire career. Even CEO’s receive management training. Most new manager training consists of their manager pointing to the team and offering the following encouragement: “There’s your team,