Organizational / Leadership Development

A Promotion Alone Does Not Guarantee An Individual Success as a Leader

Regularly, organizations promote technically or tactically competent individual contributors to the role of supervisor or manager as a reward for their hard work.  The misconception is, if this person has been effective in his/her technical role, they should be able to coach others in the department to the same level.

A promotion alone does not guarantee an individual success as a group or team leader.  According the industry research, with no formal intervention such as coaching or leadership development, it can take 24-60 months for an individual contributor to fully develop into an effective leader for the organization.  Most often, this newly promoted manager acts as a “player coach.”  They, continue to perform at the level of the individual, technical consultant and “manage” the team for a minimal performance or short term goals.

Without any formal intervention existing frontline supervisors and managers may, over time, gain traction into some semblance of leadership effectiveness yet still be missing key skills or behaviors that make the difference between derailment and success in their tenure.

The Added Ingredient for Success

The quickest way to a goal is a straight path.  Leadership training is that straight path.  Suggested Ember Carrier programs for increasing Leadership effectiveness:

Beyond Management (link to full description)
Beyond Management is a one-day workshop to help organizations assess the progress of individuals transitioning from management to leadership positions. Workshop participants put together an action plan to increase their organizational impact and value necessary into effective managers.

Leadership Blueprint (link to full description)
Many organizations promote employees to leadership positions on the basis of high technical proficiency and then wonder why they don't succeed.  The Leadership Blueprint program provides organizations with a model to ease these management transitions. Don’t leave success to chance, when you can get the blueprint.

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