Managers Need To Let Go

Managers have a hard time of letting go and understanding that in a few months of being promoted, they will not be as good as their employees at the job they used to perform. There is nothing wrong with employees being better than management; for instance, if you are a salesperson who gets promoted to sales manager, you are not going to be as educated on the product or service as your employees will become. Listen, you weren’t promoted to management to be better than your salespeople. You were promoted to management because you have a leadership ability to help others be better than they would have been without your help. So for you employees, be aware of those managers who will not know the answers to certain questions and do not make it a big deal when they are wrong; you should really start asking other employees and begin to not rely on managers for product and service questions. For you managers, be aware you no longer will be the expert in what is happening in the marketplace and learn to trust your employees who are in the marketplace daily.