08/27/2026
This might be a relatable experience for some of you...
You’re great at your job, you meet your deadlines, you get praise from leadership about how fantastic you are, and you start to think...
“I think I’d be the perfect manager, I should get promoted!”
We hate to burst your bubble, but you actually wouldn’t be the perfect manager, but you could be a really great one!
Here’s the thing, there’s really no such thing as perfect – and being a manager is a completely different skillset. A hard truth is just because you think you’d be good at something doesn’t mean you have the skills (yet).
That’s probably NOT what you want to hear after you’ve spent years in your field – totally get it.
But it’s also a reality check... to be a manager, you have to LEARN how to be a good manager that everyone wants. It doesn’t mean you’re back at square one, it just means you have a new opportunity to shape how you want to lead.
On our website we have FREE resources from our book “You Can Manage: A Practical Guide to Becoming the Manager Everyone Wants”. These are great tools for you to use in your journey to become a totally awesome leader https://vist.ly/5gcb3 😉