The Promoted But Not Prepared Syndrome

SmikleSpeaks · Apr 13, 2022 · 12m

You were great in your subject matter…maybe an awesome engineer, a great teller, a fantastic professor, a gifted architect, an outstanding doctor. Then, you got promoted. You weren’t prepared for a leadership role but you certainly didn’t want to say no to the opportunity.

Or, you’re in a position to add new leaders to your team. You look around and see a few talented people. You know that they don’t have leadership skills but you need to fill the slot and want to fill it internally. So, you promote them and cross your fingers. You think they can learn to lead while they’re doing it.

In both…