Culture Creep: Promoting Leaders Without Ensuring They Have The Tools & Skills
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On Episode 3, Kevin Wormwood and James Mayhew discuss how your company culture experiences "creep" - the unintended, accidental elements of culture that cause it to become something less than ideal.
One major cause of culture creep is promoting people into leadership roles without first ensuring they have the necessary tools and skills to lead well from day one.
Key Discussion Points
- Fast growing companies need to promote quickly
- High level individual contributors don't automatically make great managers
- "They'll figure it out on their own."
- Essential skills such as the ability to set expectations and give helpful feedback
- Busyness leads to cutting corners and poor communication
- Assumptions and misunderstandings
- Most companies struggle to develop leaders
- Skilled leaders are in short supply
- Destination v. Direction mindset
- Evaluate leadership abilities and provide coaching to new leaders
Setting people up for success is a result of integrity, dignity and prosperity.
3 episodes