Framework · 21:36
// THE QUOTE
“People who progress on to a position of management, it happens a lot of the time not because they have those skills”
— Alain Lefebvre · Fairwinds Training & Development Inc.
The promote-your-best-tradesperson trap: management is a different skill set, illustrated with the reverse — putting a great people-manager behind heavy equipment. A sharp, complete insight for construction owners.
Full episode at 21:36How Atlantic Canada Contractors Can Fix the Labour Shortage — and Stop Turning Down Work | Fairwinds Training ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Promoting your best tradesperson into supervision without management training is a predictable failure mode in construction — technical skill and people skill are completely different competencies.
“this fella is great at operating this piece of equipment great employee we're going to move him to a supervisory position — it's a completely different skill set”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
The promoted-technician trap: building frontline-manager capacity
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 21:36 of How Atlantic Canada Contractors Can Fix the Labour Shortage — and Stop Turning Down Work | Fairwinds Training