Leading looks easy enough until you actually to step into the role. Without the proper development, mentoring and onboarding, new leaders often fall into four common traps that contribute to costly mistakes.
This post is about the four traps that trip new leaders, and what to do instead.New managers often align downward because it’s the path of least resistance.
Downward alignment happens when leaders support, collude and collaborate with subordinates instead of aligning with executive strategies. For example, there’s pressure from the C-suite to institute a new policy and the manager knows their employees won’t agree.
Therefore, they tell their employees something like, “I don’t agree with this decision but …”Downward alignment also sneaks up slowly and happens when the leader needs support or a sounding board.Here’s why: It’s tempting to vent to a subordinate who used to be a peer and a friend.
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