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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 5995135" data-attributes="member: 23516">It&#039;s pretty easy to notice once you&#039;ve seen it enough.&nbsp; I came in not too long before they started to get a little deeper in the tech and ability to track things and was lucky in that there was an opportunity to play with all of this stuff as it was being implemented.&nbsp; Now?&nbsp; Give anyone who knows what to look for a station and about a half hour and it&#039;s pretty easy to evaluate it.&nbsp; A lot of smoke and mirrors BS that used to go undetected sticks out like a sore thumb.&nbsp; It&#039;s such a terrible misconception that a good courier makes a good manager.&nbsp; Good couriers who go into management are just as likely as bad couriers to flop.&nbsp; Lots of good couriers who go into management want to be buddy-buddy with their employees and get taken advantage of.&nbsp; Few of them have ever had to delegate anything and that can be an issue.&nbsp; Others have trouble going from &#039;all I have to worry about is my route&#039; to &#039;I&#039;m responsible for lots of moving parts that all have to come together.&#039;&nbsp; Some are terrified at being seen as sellouts.&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyone who is a people pleaser has no business in a management position.&nbsp; There is an enormous difference between the ability to run a route and the ability to understand the bigger picture and assemble a plan and successfully execute it.&nbsp; The former is reliant upon skills that can be taught while the latter is more reliant upon traits that can&#039;t.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 5995135, member: 23516"] It's pretty easy to notice once you've seen it enough. I came in not too long before they started to get a little deeper in the tech and ability to track things and was lucky in that there was an opportunity to play with all of this stuff as it was being implemented. Now? Give anyone who knows what to look for a station and about a half hour and it's pretty easy to evaluate it. A lot of smoke and mirrors BS that used to go undetected sticks out like a sore thumb. It's such a terrible misconception that a good courier makes a good manager. Good couriers who go into management are just as likely as bad couriers to flop. Lots of good couriers who go into management want to be buddy-buddy with their employees and get taken advantage of. Few of them have ever had to delegate anything and that can be an issue. Others have trouble going from 'all I have to worry about is my route' to 'I'm responsible for lots of moving parts that all have to come together.' Some are terrified at being seen as sellouts. Anyone who is a people pleaser has no business in a management position. There is an enormous difference between the ability to run a route and the ability to understand the bigger picture and assemble a plan and successfully execute it. The former is reliant upon skills that can be taught while the latter is more reliant upon traits that can't. [/QUOTE]

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