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Jennifer was a great manager who led a six-person team. She moved to a new company for a fabulous job, and you really can’t blame her. It was more money and a better title. You tried to replace her, but now it’s been six months, and the management position is still vacant.
What do you do?
An old tweet by applied behavioral scientist and BeSci.io founder, Matt Walleart, resurfaced recently on Instagram and addressed this exact question:
“Reminder: if a team runs itself for six months while you hire a manager, you shouldn’t be hiring, you should be promoting.”