Going to Bat for Leaders
Owning a baseball glove doesn’t make you a baseball player any more than supervising a group of people makes you a leader. Far too often, people are promoted because they are a top performer in the area of their expertise. For example, the #1 salesperson advances to the role of sales manager. Unfortunately, managing a group of salespeople requires a completely different skill then selling the product or service itself.
If it were true that superstars make the best managers, all of every baseball team would be led by the superstars of the past few decades…and we know they are not. In fact, most baseball managers were mediocre players at best, yet they had something that set them apart.
These managers had vision. They knew how to rally the team when they fell behind. They knew how to mentor the younger players. Some of these mediocre players and future leaders were given a seat on the team, though maybe just on the bench, for this very reason, they were good coaches and could help build future players.
So the next time you need to identify future leaders in your organization, look to the mediocre players who have the something special, not just the superstars. You may find discover leadership potential that is yet to be tapped.
If you’d like to learn more about Team Builders Plus leadership development services, feel free to contact me.
Merrick
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Merrick Rosenberg | President & Chief Learning Officer
Team Builders Plus
1873 Route 70 East, Suite 302 | Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
856.596.4196 x202
www.TeamBuildersPlus.com
Tags: Leadership, Leadership development, Management, Management Development, Supervisory skills
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