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My current boss is transitioning out of his role and relocating to manage one of our other company's locations. He will still have a presence at our location and will train the new boss, but will be primarily working from the other location. His replacement is someone from outside the company. How long does it typically take for a new boss to figure out the general order of his or her employees - who takes on certain responsibilities, who is capable of carrying more of the workload, who is a liability, etc?
My current boss is transitioning out of his role and relocating to manage one of our other company's locations. He will still have a presence at our location and will train the new boss, but will be primarily working from the other location. His replacement is someone from outside the company. How long does it typically take for a new boss to figure out the general order of his or her employees - who takes on certain responsibilities, who is capable of carrying more of the workload, who is a liability, etc?
Your current boss will be training his replacement. I'm sure part of the orientation will include background on the staff he'll be supervising; who will tend to be a good resource, a go-to person and who won't be.
For me when I stepped into my role it took me about three months to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of my team. I had information from the previous leadership, but took it with a grain of salt. From experience, people lead differently.
The team I stepped into had three extremely weak people that were given rave reviews. One person under me had been with the company for a year and couldn't tell me about a very simple meeting she had with a client. Every answer was "I don't know". Quick research through our CRM tool found she wasn't contacting clients and had complaints. I let her go.
Another team member knew what he was talking about so lasted a bit longer. However, quickly I saw he wasn't working, put him on a PIP, he didn't improve... gone
Last one was really trying but wasn't cutting it and had to let him go.
For the strength, very similar. The previous leader thought one of my team members was extremely week and should be let go. Working with her for a few weeks I found her to be extremely strong, she just didn't have the confidence. I worked with her and she is now the star and best performer on my team.
So... that is my long way of saying, a new boss should hopefully judge you on their instincts, not the reports from others.
Every manager or boss have their own way of working with their team. Especially when you have a new boss with new perspective of what is weak and strong in term of employees performance.
For me when I stepped into my role it took me about three months to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of my team. I had information from the previous leadership, but took it with a grain of salt. From experience, people lead differently.
The team I stepped into had three extremely weak people that were given rave reviews. One person under me had been with the company for a year and couldn't tell me about a very simple meeting she had with a client. Every answer was "I don't know". Quick research through our CRM tool found she wasn't contacting clients and had complaints. I let her go.
Another team member knew what he was talking about so lasted a bit longer. However, quickly I saw he wasn't working, put him on a PIP, he didn't improve... gone
Last one was really trying but wasn't cutting it and had to let him go.
For the strength, very similar. The previous leader thought one of my team members was extremely week and should be let go. Working with her for a few weeks I found her to be extremely strong, she just didn't have the confidence. I worked with her and she is now the star and best performer on my team.
So... that is my long way of saying, a new boss should hopefully judge you on their instincts, not the reports from others.
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Originally Posted by nybklyn
Agree with veuvegirl
Every manager or boss have their own way of working with their team. Especially when you have a new boss with new perspective of what is weak and strong in term of employees performance.
Also agreed.
I have taken over as a manager several times. I have gathered information in a variety of ways. From other managers, from outside clients, direct reports, historical reviews, but mainly from observing their work. As with the quoted posts, I have differed from the conventional wisdom and often supported a demoralized, marginalized employee to success. To be honest and open, I have also made mistakes and misjudged people.
It tends to take 3 months or so before I can make an informed, preliminary judgment on my employees.
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