Laura & Charles
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^^^THIS^^^As a footnote, it didn't take long for me to figure out that managing others was not my cup of tea, nor did I find being a "boss" to be rewarding.
This is a common fault in every business model I’ve experienced or heard of. An employee excels at architecting IT solutions or building widgets. They’ve been rewarded with raises and/or bonuses to the top of their position’s range. So next, they’re rewarded by being made a manager of a team of IT folks or widget builders. And they suq at managing people and flounder at being a first level manager and hate their jobs.
Managing people is a unique specialty of its own. And a good manager often doesn’t have to understand what the people they’re managing do, and certainly not be good at doing it themselves.
This concept is understood at the highest levels. I’ve seen a senior president of a large heath insurance company leave for a job as CEO of a leading airline company.