Every time you fill a vacancy, you have to make a choice: do you promote someone from within, who you may know quite well, or take a punt on someone you don’t?
Over my corporate career, I made both calls frequently. Sometimes, I got to pat myself on the back for how brilliant I was, but occasionally the resulting hire was so disastrous that I looked like a complete muppet in front of my team (and my boss)!
Most leaders have no real way of determining who might be ready for promotion… it’s all guesswork and gut feel. They rely on factors like a confident interview performance, a firm handshake, or a sharp dress sense… and then they’re completely mystified when it doesn't work out.
In this episode, I show you how to tell the difference between someone who's performing well now, and someone who’s ready for more; and I give you a checklist to work out which leaders might be able to function at the next level up, and which leaders never will.
🚨 Every time you rescue an underperformer, you teach them that delivery is optional.
Free 2-hour workshop, Friday 28 August, 12pm AEST: the 7 leadership blind spots that created them, plus your own Blind Spot Scorecard!
Links mentioned in this episode:
No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:
Ep.25: The Roadmap to Exceptional Leadership
Ep.386: The Truth Doesn’t Travel Up
Business Insider article:
Chipotle's COO uses team dinners to spot potential leaders
Carnegie Melon research:
Amazon link:
LBT link:
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