Building a Bench. One of our most important… | by Naomi Gleit | Medium
“There is no success without a successor.” — Peter Drucker in Developing The Leaders Around You: How To Help Others Reach Their Full Potential. I really believe that one of our most important responsibilities is to find and grow the people that can take on your work. In other words, part of our job includes putting ourselves out of a job. Why do I believe this? A few reasons: Ok, so how do you build a bench? In a separate post we talked about identifying the right people to do a job, and creating a framework that sets them up to succeed. This same logic applies to building a bench. Of course we all feel that each of us is unique and irreplaceable at work. But, the truth is, there are other amazing people who can do some or all of our jobs. Sometimes, they may even do it better 😊. Find those people and invest in them! This is easier said than done and it definitely takes time, but it’s important. So start early — even if you do not have plans to leave or don’t expect to get additional
Product Management Product Building a Bench Naomi Gleit 3 min read · Apr 21, 2022 -- 3 Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size “There is no success without a successor.” — Peter Drucker in Developing The Leaders Around You: How To Help Others Reach Their Full Potential. I really believe that one of our most important responsibilities is to find and grow the people that can take on your work. In other words, part of our job includes putting ourselves out of a job. Why do I believe this? A few reasons: You get hit by a bus… Ok that’s the unnecessarily morbid saying, but ther
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