Leadership is not an endowment through a title; contrary it is an art, partially a gift and partially forged though challenging trials and diligent study and insight. Unfortunately, most of us have had the misfortune of experiencing an ill-equipped manager that was catapulted into a role that they were not ready for, or did not have a competency for. I am not saying that they were not hard workers, or that they were not intelligent. But we have to realize that not every smart- hardworking individual should/ could be a manager.
It is important as we begin grooming individuals to sprout through their career trajectory that we are truly assessing whether their skill set aligns with a leadership position. Unfortunately, just because we have a hardworking and intelligent worker does not mean that they should be considered for a management role. If we do this, we are not only handicapping the team, because of the strife that a misplaced employee could reap. As important, we are hurting the individual by falsifying their skills.
Celebrate our team members strengths, and don’t promote individuals just because you want to reward them. In turn our teams will be stronger , because we will have everyone in a career that they will be successful at!
JFH
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