Why Good Employees Struggle in Leadership | Jared Deverna

About this episode

The episode explores why capable employees often struggle with the transition to leadership roles and discusses the challenges they face.

Send us Fan Mail Why do some of the most capable, dependable people struggle once they step into leadership? In this conversation, we unpack the shift from being a strong doer to becoming an effective leader and why that transition is harder than most people expect. We talk about the tension of wanting to be liked while still making hard decisions, the challenge of handling criticism, and why so many new leaders struggle to delegate. There’s also a real conversation here around what it takes ...

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Guest: Jared Deverna

Topics covered

• leadership
• employee performance
• transition to leadership
• delegation
• handling criticism
• decision making

Keywords

• leadership
• employee struggle
• delegation
• criticism
• decision making
• transition
• effective leader

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