The U.S. workforce may be in a leadership crisis: Recent research has suggested that nobody wants to be a supervisor anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than half of surveyed job seekers who are or were managers said they have left their roles \u2014 or plan to do so \u2014 because of a lack of fulfillment or advancement. Likewise, the majority of Gen Zers surveyed said they would rather develop their individual expertise than manage fellow workers, according to the results from Express Employment Professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a trend sometimes called \u201cconscious unbossing,\u201d which Jennifer Dulski, CEO and founder of Rising Team, a talent development platform provider, defines as a \u201cgrowing reluctance \u2014 especially among Gen Z \u2014 to step into management roles as a way to protect their mental health and wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But conscious unbossing isn\u2019t just a term from the HR side of social media. One chief people officer told that she\u2019s seen this on her own teams, as well as in her career coaching work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s refreshing to see talent who aren\u2019t focused solely on moving up, but want to strengthen their expertise or try a lateral move, Jenny Shiers, CPO of Unily, an employee experience platform. That\u2019s because on the flip side, she said she has seen high achievers promoted to leadership positions unsuccessfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA strong individual contributor doesn\u2019t always make for a strong manager or leader of people,\u201d Shiers continued. \u201cThe skill sets are different, which is why organizations must invest development dollars on manager capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Employees may be reluctant to become a supervisor because today\u2019s workforce prioritizes mental health, flexibility, and autonomy over the traditional hierarchical management, Express Employment International\u2019s director of talent acquisition and retention, Alisha Chappell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s because they see traditional supervisory roles as high stress and low reward, she said. Supervisors deal with budget cuts, demands to increase productivity, low engagement and the imperative to bridge the generational workplace gaps, \u201call for a slight bump in pay,\u201d Chappell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dulski\u2019s take on the situation echoed Chappell\u2019s: \u201cMany people are hesitant to step into leadership roles right now because, frankly, it\u2019s harder than ever to be a manager. Organizations are asking managers to lead larger teams with fewer layers of support and fewer tools to help them succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when companies do provide support, the methods are outdated, said Dulski, who is also a lecturer at Stanford University\u2019s Graduate School of Business. Her view is also that most manager trainings are designed for executives \u2014 not frontline supervisors \u2014 and require lots of valuable time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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