Why do great employees become bad managers?
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What's Really Going On: Your best engineer, now promoted to lead, is struggling. What's going on?
Skills that made them great don't transfer to managing. The Peter principle: people get promoted until they reach a role they're not suited to. Source: Wikipedia – Peter principle
What To Do: What should you do?
Offer a real individual-contributor track or coaching. Dual career ladders let experts grow without managing. Source: Wikipedia – Peter principle
Why It Works: Why does it work?
It matches people to work they're good at. Promotion shouldn't be the only path to recognition. Source: Wikipedia – Peter principle