To sustain organizational growth, new managers must be created, and the way to create new managers is to teach them before they move into the role. Otherwise, they will learn the hard way—when they're already in the role. And that means learning from their own mistakes, at a time when the organization doesn't need new, weak managers but, rather, managers as good as the ones they already have—and better—before the growth. The newer managers have to be better because, as organizations grow, growth becomes more difficult, so the same behaviors in a more difficult situation begets less performance
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