Management Mistakes to Avoid in 2025
Promoting people out of the area in which they excel. Consider a highly effective accountant. Someone who is able to process invoices and other financial…
Have you thought about the PERSON you’re promoting … not just about what they’ve done, but who they are!
It’s a familiar story …. Someone was good at their job. They took the training, developed their skills and gained experience. Then they got promoted … struggled … and eventually, resigned.
This is unfortunate for both the employee and the company. Both time and talent are lost through poor promotion decisions.
Why does it happen? Here are a few possibilities ….
But surely, most companies pay some attention to these things.
Still, it happens. As Dr. Laurence Peter observed, people tend to be promoted beyond their level of competence. (See: New Evidence The Peter Principle Is Real – And What To Do About It.)
How can we do this differently? How can we do better?
We believe there’s an answer in taking a closer look at the PERSON, or more specifically, the personality traits of the Candidate.
It doesn’t need to be complicated or mysterious.
The benefit?
Of course, you’ll need some tools to figure this out – for the Job and the Candidate. But the tools are available, and the insight they provide is invaluable.
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