Today I’d like to simply leave you all with a short thinking
exercise. If your supervisor left their position(s) tomorrow, who would
take their spot? Who’s ready? Who could I just put in their position(s) and expect the group to function as it had prior to their
departure? This is what I ask myself often. To be clear I don’t
expect either to leave but we need to be ready if they were to leave.
Could I put one of you in their position and if so what
areas would you need assistance? Would the team welcome and respect you
as their leader? Would your peer supervisors? What would you do to
earn their respect? What would you do different than your
predecessor? Why? Could you manage your manager (could you manage
me)? Who would fill your role? How would you transition your duties
and run the group? Would you have time to do both roles? What else
do you think you would be concerned with?
There’s really no right or wrong answers. This is just
something to get you to think. Opportunities typically do not give the
unprepared a chance to get ready. There are rarely any timeouts.
They typically come along with little notice and often go to the person who is
most prepared to take advantage of said opportunity. Are you prepared or
preparing for an opportunity should one come your way?
It is my hope and the purpose of this whole initiative that
when opportunities pop up, we will have a strong pool of powerful and ready
people leaders to pick from.
More to come -don
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