How to promote a first-time manager without upsetting everyone else
Nov14
on November 14, 2014
at 4:25 pm
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. When your business is growing fast, you spend a ton of time and resources hiring new people and promoting from within. Unfortunately, promoting people can be costly. Some new managers get caught in the ego trip, or their subordinates can feel bitter because they were overlooked for advancement: Really, you promoted Jerry? He doesn’t even know what a pivot table is. How do you ensure that Jerry doesn’t blow it and scare away the rest of the sales team? The best advice I can give a new manager…
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