Tuesday, August 22, 2017
How to Assure a Great Lead Carpenter Can Transition to Become a Great Project Manager
Remodeling | Operations, Management, Human Resources: Your company is experiencing growth. For several years, you have been a lead carpenter in the company. In fact, some might say you are one of the best lead carpenters around.
Because of the growth, the company needs someone working as a project manager. This is a new position, which will entail more responsibility than being a lead carpenter and less than being the production manager.
How do you make the transition successfully?
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I’ve heard many joking comments about when someone is good at their job you promote them to a new job until they aren’t good at their job anymore. I’ve also heard people suggest that this phenomenon can lead to people always being one level of management higher than would be ideal because people get promoted until their performance in their current job stops being impressive. I think the important point this article makes it that when someone switches into a management job, it now requires a different skill set than a crafts based job. Someone could be good at both, but there is also nothing wrong if someone is much better at (or happier doing) only one of those roles. I like the suggestion of having a plan in place for if a promotion doesn’t work out, with the blame being placed on the promotion being the wrong call/ not the right fit because the employee was better in their previous job rather than treating it is a failure of the employee.
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