The one thing I’ll say as someone with years of management and leadership experience, is that these posts always ignore what the people want. I’ve coached many employees, and I always start with asking what they want to achieve. Some people are really career focused and want to climb the ladder. Others are happy putting in their 40 hours and making modest progression from entry to junior, and maybe senior eventually.
If someone wants to climb the ladder, or became an industry expert, or make the very top of the range, then yes, that’s going to involve some grind. But some people just want to have a comfortable life while doing their fair share during their 40 hours a week. And there is nothing wrong with either approach.
Telling all young people to grind 80 hours a week, ignoring what they want to achieve, or if they are even likely to succeed in their goal, is management malpractice. But I digress.
You sound like a great boss. The best managers I’ve had are the ones that looked at every employee separately and matched their work to their skills and ambitions. I don’t want a promotion, I’m happy in my role. That doesn’t mean I don’t have any ambitions, it just means that I know what I want to do, and a promotion will put me behind a desk writing reports and having meetings instead of the technical work I enjoy doing the most. My ambitions are to grow within my role, not beyond it.
The one thing I’ll say as someone with years of management and leadership experience, is that these posts always ignore what the people want. I’ve coached many employees, and I always start with asking what they want to achieve. Some people are really career focused and want to climb the ladder. Others are happy putting in their 40 hours and making modest progression from entry to junior, and maybe senior eventually.
If someone wants to climb the ladder, or became an industry expert, or make the very top of the range, then yes, that’s going to involve some grind. But some people just want to have a comfortable life while doing their fair share during their 40 hours a week. And there is nothing wrong with either approach.
Telling all young people to grind 80 hours a week, ignoring what they want to achieve, or if they are even likely to succeed in their goal, is management malpractice. But I digress.
You sound like a great boss. The best managers I’ve had are the ones that looked at every employee separately and matched their work to their skills and ambitions. I don’t want a promotion, I’m happy in my role. That doesn’t mean I don’t have any ambitions, it just means that I know what I want to do, and a promotion will put me behind a desk writing reports and having meetings instead of the technical work I enjoy doing the most. My ambitions are to grow within my role, not beyond it.