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Why Great Employees Fail as Managers (And How to Fix It)

Episode Summary

Is poor management secretly draining your business? You promoted your top performer to a leadership role—only to watch them struggle, your team disengage, and productivity slip. Sound familiar? Bad management isn’t just frustrating—it’s expensive. High turnover, disengaged employees, and costly mistakes are all symptoms of a bigger issue: most managers were never trained to lead.

🛎 In this episode, customer and employee experience strategist, Marc Haine invited Tara Landes as a guest to speak on this subject. They put a spotlight on the costly mistake businesses keep making—and how to fix it. They uncover:

✅ Why promoting top performers to management without training backfires 🚨

✅ How to tell if poor management is secretly hurting your business 📉

✅ The real reason most leadership training fails (and what actually works)

✅ How investing in management training can help businesses and careers leap forward 🚀