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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1119375" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>In all seriousness....over the last 26 years I have seen a number of good people go into management with the mistaken idea that they were somehow going to "make things better". Their intentions were honorable...but they learned all too quickly that the system they were submitting themselves to is designed to <em>prevent</em> that very thing from ever happening. The <em>reality</em> is that you will never be a "manager" in the traditional sense of the word, because that title implies having the ability to make an operational decision of some sort. What you will <em>actually</em> be...is a <em>facilitator</em>. You will run someone <em>elses</em> plan, and your role will be to communicate someone <em>elses</em> decisions to the work group. You will have the <em>responsibility</em> for making the plan work, but you will be denied the <em>resources and decision-making authority</em> that are needed to make that possible. If that is truly the career you wish to pursue then good luck to you, but at the very least you need to go into it with your eyes wide open as to what the job itself actually entails.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1119375, member: 14668"] In all seriousness....over the last 26 years I have seen a number of good people go into management with the mistaken idea that they were somehow going to "make things better". Their intentions were honorable...but they learned all too quickly that the system they were submitting themselves to is designed to [I]prevent[/I] that very thing from ever happening. The [I]reality[/I] is that you will never be a "manager" in the traditional sense of the word, because that title implies having the ability to make an operational decision of some sort. What you will [I]actually[/I] be...is a [I]facilitator[/I]. You will run someone [I]elses[/I] plan, and your role will be to communicate someone [I]elses[/I] decisions to the work group. You will have the [I]responsibility[/I] for making the plan work, but you will be denied the [I]resources and decision-making authority[/I] that are needed to make that possible. If that is truly the career you wish to pursue then good luck to you, but at the very least you need to go into it with your eyes wide open as to what the job itself actually entails. [/QUOTE]
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