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Promoting non-supervisory employees to management roles can be a
morale-booster for the promoted employee, and for others. Seeing a fellow
employee move up the ladder gives coworkers reason to expect that,
someday, they could rise to that level as well. Also, homegrown talent can be
more economical, both by avoiding recruitment costs and because the initial
compensation requirements of a promoted employee may be less.
Does the employee exhibit concern for the success of the organization as a
whole, as opposed to focusing mainly on personal advancement? If you're
considering an employee for a supervisory position, pay attention to how he
or she talks about the job and the company. Good leaders are able to see how
their own work relates to the overall operation and success of the business.
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A Key Ingredient in Your Management Cookbook: Expressed Desire
Has the employee expressed a desire to become a manager? Chances are,
those who talk seriously about such an ambition have at least some concept
of what's involved in the job. While ambition doesn't guarantee the employee
will be an effective manager, it may weed out those who know themselves
well enough to recognize they wouldn't thrive in a supervisory role.
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Here are a few more strong hints about suitability for promotion:
Mastery of the current job. An employee who wants to move up before
having demonstrated a high level of proficiency at his or her current job
might lack the patience and stamina required of a strong supervisor.
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Assign a Mentor as Part of a "Supervisor Boot Camp"
Once you find an employee who exhibits all or most of these qualities, don't
make the mistake of promoting that person and then moving on to other
priorities. Most newly minted supervisors, no matter how strongly they
performed in previous positions, will need some training and mentoring to
grow into their new roles.
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What specifically might they need? First, reflect upon your own experience for
some ideas. If you had a smooth transition to a supervisory role, what made
that possible? If it was a rocky road, what would have made it easier for you?
You can't anticipate every stumbling block a newly promoted supervisor will
face in devising a training program, so it's important to give that person a
mentor who has made the same transition. Putting some structure around the
mentoring program at first such as a scheduled weekly check-in session
can give rise to important discussions that might not otherwise have taken
place.
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New Challenges
Finally, unless the new supervisor will be moving to another department, it's
important to prepare him or her for the challenges associated with becoming
the boss of former coworkers. To name a few:
Resentment from employees who believe they should have gotten the
promotion instead of the one you chose,
The difficulty the new supervisor may have in delivering honest but critical
performance appraisals of former coworkers.
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Although it will be tempting for new supervisors to downplay their authority
over former coworkers, they should understand before they agree to accept a
promotion that there's no getting around the fundamental change in the
relationship. That change, they must understand, will probably require a
cutback in purely social interaction with their former coworkers.
Keep in mind, if you have chosen wisely, a new supervisor will be able to
surmount these hurdles.
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