When do you know it’s time to give a member of your team a new opportunity? How can you tell if someone is ready for the next step in their career? What are the signals that indicate you should trust one of your people to lead an initiative, particularly when you may not agree completely with their path forward?
Despite the dramatic shift in worker expectations, the world of remote work, and more pressure than ever for companies to perform, the challenge of leading people is still, in many ways, unchanged.
Senior leaders still make the decisions that allow more junior leaders the chance to grow.
It would be great if there was a playbook that told us exactly what needs to be done before we take the risk and let those junior leaders fly.
I would love a checklist that guarantees those decisions so I wouldn’t look bad…and neither would that young leader. Their success is my success, right?
But these tools, in most cases, don’t exist. We have to gather multiple data points to help us gain confidence and make that decision.
It’s their time…and we have to let them fly, fail a bit, coach them back on track, and watch them succeed.
What process do you use? Or, is it simply easier to do everything yourself?
Thanks for being here.
Jay
