Beyond Technical Skills: The Importance of Leadership Training for Newly Appointed Managers
<p>Why do so many new managers struggle and even flounder?</p>
<p>According to research conducted in 2019 by CER Global (now Gartner), a shocking 60 percent of new managers fail within two years of starting their new role in leadership.</p>
<p>That is an alarmingly high number — especially if you consider the effect that every unsuccessful new manager has on direct reports, team success and retention rates. As the saying goes: People don’t leave bad companies, they leave bad managers.</p>
<p>Why are the failure rates of new managers so high? And why particularly when, so often, it’s a star employee who got promoted into the management role? The key issue is something our coaching clients from across all business sectors have raised with us consistently over the years: There is little to no leadership training provided to new managers before they are promoted or in the initial months as they transition from being exemplary employees to leaders.</p>
<p>Typically, folks are promoted to management because they are technical experts in their industry, not because they have leadership skills.</p>
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