How we set new managers up to fail

We’ve all been there. We get promoted to our first management role, not because we have shown proficiency in managing people, but because we are good at achieving targets, KPI’s, goals etc. We are technically proficient.

New managers are set up to fail because organisations are:

1. not great at succession planning, and
2. look for the wrong skills set when appointing new managers.

Let’s look at these areas.

Failures with succession planning