60% of new managers fail within 2 years!
They’re often set-up to fail.
And it has a huge impact! Teams working for a bad manager perform 15% worse than those who report to a high-performing manager.
In other words, on a team of 8 engineers, a bad manager costs you 1.2 full time engineers! And it doesn’t stop there, the engineers on that team are 20% more likely to leave.
So how and why do we set new managers up to fail?
We set them up to fail when we don’t prepare them for the shift from high performer to delivering through others. They are often unprepared for the change, misunderstand the demands of the role and lack the skill and flexibility to adapt to it.
In other words, the skills that allowed them to excel as an individual contributor are different to those they need as a leader. Which often means they’ve not been exposed to the skills they now need or had the opportunity to observe them done well.
Providing the custom development opportunities that a new manager needs to build and practise those skills is also a huge challenge for the manager they report to. They no doubt want to develop their new managers, but don’t have the time to create customised coaching plans and practice opportunities for them.
Fortunately there is an excellent new option, Skiller Whale’s Power Skills coaching, which provides a customised coaching plan for each member of staff.
During the program they receive a 60-90 minute coaching session every fortnight. These small group sessions are led by an expert coach, who helps learners work through exercises to apply their new skills.
I’ve been coaching the Power Skills material for several weeks now and I’m really impressed with it. I particularly like that it’s focused on leading and managing engineers rather than being generic management training.
I wish it had been available when I first transitioned into a leadership role - I’d have avoided several costly and embarrassing mistakes.
If you want to level up your new managers and leaders Skiller Whale are currently offering a free assessment of your team and 40% off the first two sessions that your team takes to help reduce the risk as you look for proof of value.
You can contact Skiller Whale for more details here: https://lnkd.in/ePNNqH7k
