6 Best Practices to Prepare People Managers for Today and Tomorrow

6 Best Practices to Prepare People Managers for Today and Tomorrow

SAP
Published by: Research Desk Released: Aug 08, 2024

Empowering Your People Managers to Inspire Their Teams

How do HR leaders align their employees’ aspirations with business outcomes?

In a discussion with SAP SuccessFactors research team, a global director of HR systems at a consumer products organization revealed:

“When a manager moves on – gets promoted or leaves – we take the highest performing individual contributor and say, ‘Right. You’re the best at that job, so manage that team.’ And they were the best at their job, but that does not make them the best manager, or even competent.”

The time is now to rethink the strategies for identifying and developing future people managers to produce more engaging employee experiences and higher productivity at your organization.

Our research uncovers how to:

  • Shift from process to people-oriented competencies
  • Support people managers through change
  • Develop succession plans at all levels