I’m experiencing something like this at work right now. They put a very smart woman in charge of managing six of us but she has no real management experience. She’s great at what she does but managing people is a whole different skill set and it’s been very frustrating.
I’m sorry! This is nothing new, unfortunately. Super smart, capable people, who probably would be great leaders if they had some support. Does your workplace have a feedback exchange system? I worked for an org that had my direct reports share feedback during my first 60 days! It was super helpful. But I also know many orgs haven’t caught on yet.
I’m experiencing something like this at work right now. They put a very smart woman in charge of managing six of us but she has no real management experience. She’s great at what she does but managing people is a whole different skill set and it’s been very frustrating.
I’m sorry! This is nothing new, unfortunately. Super smart, capable people, who probably would be great leaders if they had some support. Does your workplace have a feedback exchange system? I worked for an org that had my direct reports share feedback during my first 60 days! It was super helpful. But I also know many orgs haven’t caught on yet.