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by Jaime Roca
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Every year, organizations around the world spend billions of dollars trying to make their managers better. They send them to training programs. They implement new feedback tools. They roll out coaching frameworks. They hire consultants. They build competency models. They create performance management systems. The assumption behind all of this investment is simple: if we give managers more skills, more tools, and more training, they will become better at developing their employees.
**Author:** Jaime Roca and Sari Wilde
**Estimated Reading Time:** 45 minutes
**What You'll Learn:**
- Why the traditional model of the all-knowing manager is failing - How four distinct manager types affect employee performance differently - The three connections that define the Connector Manager approach - Practical ways to personalize development for every employee - How to build teams that learn from each other - How to leverage organizational networks for employee growth - What it takes to build a Connector Company
**Who This Book Is For:**
Managers who feel overwhelmed by the demand to coach and develop every employee on their own. HR leaders seeking a more effective model for manager development. Executives who want to build organizations where people grow faster through connection. And anyone who has ever felt that the constant feedback model of management is exhausting, unsustainable, and not working.
Every year, organizations around the world spend billions of dollars trying to make their managers better. They send them to training programs. They implement new feedback tools. They roll out coaching frameworks. They hire consultants. They build competency models. They create performance management systems. The assumption behind all of this investment is simple: if we give managers more skills, more tools, and more training, they will become better at developing their employees. The problem is that this assumption is wrong. Despite decades of investment in manager development, the data tells a troubling story. Manager quality is not improving. Employee engagement remains stagnant. People are not getting the development they need. And managers themselves are more overwhelmed than ever before. Jaime Roca and Sari Wilde, both senior leaders at Gartner, set out to understand why. They conducted one of the largest studies of management effectiveness ever undertaken, analyzing data from more than 9,000 employees and managers across industries, geographies, and organizational levels. What they discovered challenged the fundamental assumptions that most organizations hold about what makes a great manager. The traditional model of management was built for a different era. It assumed that managers should be the primary source of knowledge, guidance, and feedback for their employees. It assumed that the best managers are those who are always available, always coaching, always providing input. It assumed that more feedback is always better. But the world has changed. Work has become more complex, more interdependent, and more fast-moving. The skills employees need are evolving faster than any single manager can keep up with. The span of control for most managers has expanded dramatically. The expectation that one person can be the all-knowing, all-providing source of development for an entire team is no longer realistic, if it ever was. The result is a crisis of management. Managers are burning…
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Get the complete summary in the appThe traditional model of the all-knowing manager is broken. No single manager can provide all the development employees
There are four types of managers: Teacher, Always On, Cheerleader, and Connector.
Always On managers hurt performance by up to 8 percent. More feedback is not always better.
Connector managers boost performance by up to 26 percent and triple the likelihood of high performance.
The Connector approach is built on three connections: employee, team, and organization.
The employee connection requires deep diagnosis and personalized development.
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