How soon after promotion does your company start formally developing managers? After a few weeks? A few months? Ideally you’d catch them on Day One, right?
Unfortunately, the reality is far from the ideal. I’ve known senior managers participating in their first formal management development several years after gaining the responsibility of managing people.
A recent article published in Fast Company, 3 Crucial Things I’ve Learning In My First 30 Days As A Manager, outlined a common reality for new managers, which is more about them finding things out for themselves than being adequately prepared to manage a team of people. As the author of the article writes:
“Here I am, writing the post that I want to read. And in my first month in a new management role, I’ve found these to be the three things I’ve had to sort out above all else.”
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