NEW MANAGEMENT TOPIC: From Top Performer to Manager

Published on Tue, 05/25/2010

Senior management often promotes top performers into management positions, but is this always the best choice?

The problem is that this assumes the skills needed to be a top performer are the same as those needed to successfully manage. In reality, the top performer turned manager will need to unlearn certain behaviours and replace them with completely new ones.

This topic, written by Karl J. Moore, guides reflection on your own managerial path. It instigates discussion on which characteristics are important when filling a managerial position, so as a group you can think about how you might better help individuals prepare for the role of manager.

Karl J. Moore is an Associate Professor at McGill University and an Associate Fellow of Templeton College, Oxford University. Before becoming a business professor, Karl worked for eleven years in sales and marketing management positions with IBM, Hitachi and Bull. He has taught executive education and consulted with leading global firms including: IBM, Nokia, HP, Motorola, Wipro, Volvo, Accenture, P&O, and Kingfisher.

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