Internal Promotion
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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3 statements about Internal Promotion, every show
Delatorre: Default to internal promotion unless skill gap timeline is too large
“First principle is promote if possible. It's healthy for the organization. They already, we know who they are and so if, and so really the only reason not to promote from within is if we look at the individual and we say, okay, for the new job that they would …”
Headley: Test if top reps are consciously competent before promoting to manager
“Making sure that if you want to promote internally, you have the right kind of tests in there. Are they a good rep that can do it, but are they, like, consciously competent to be able to explain this is what it would look like to be a good rep and other people…”
Companies must promote internally rather than hire external managers for retention
“When there's an opportunity to promote somebody or you're looking for a manager on the team, you can't be in the mindset that you're going to go and hire somebody else from Another company. You have to invest in your own teammates.”