Train Your Managers or Fail Your Business

No-one would ever go to a doctor or accountant who hadn’t been properly trained.
 
Because most skilled jobs require some amount of formal training.
 
Yet, when it comes to managing people, employees are frequently promoted with no training at all.
 
Often, it happens because employees are good at their regular job, such as sales or engineering.
 
So, they’re asked to manage sales employees or engineers.
 
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚.
 
And just because someone is great at their current job, does not mean they will be good at managing others, who do that same job.
 
Because managing people is hard work, it doesn’t come naturally to most people, and everyone makes a lot of mistakes while learning.
 
Yet it is one of the jobs that is most key to an organization’s success and bottom line.
 
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨’ 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨.
 
On the other hand, bad managers drive away good people, and hold teams back from achieving what they otherwise could.
 
✅ Managers need to be trained in management skills, as well as in engaging employees, especially nowadays when so many are working remotely.
 
✅ Some employees are not sent to even one class, and they are left to figure things out by themselves, with little to no guidance or support.
 
✅ Some companies provide some help and send managers to a one-or-two-day manager training to learn the basics.
 
✅ A one-or-two-day class should not be the entirety of the training that new managers receive, as it’s just not enough.
 
✅ It’s a long, on-going learning process, and it takes on-going mentorship and advice from experienced managers, in addition to specific training.
 
Bottom line, it is critical to appreciate that management is a skill of its own, and to recognize that a transition to managing people is required.
 
So, for those employees who want to manage, provide training to set both your managers and your organization up for success.
 
Otherwise, bad managers will continue to flourish, and organizations will not be as successful as they could be.
 
DM me if you would like some advice on training your managers and engaging your employees.