Catching and Surfing a Wave

Difficulties with management track

The management track presents two difficulties with entry and progression:

• Landing an initial management position: Since very few people have formal training in management (why else would this course exist?), getting the chance to be a manager in the first place can be challenging. When applying to open roles at companies, those with previous management experience often have the upper hand over those with none.
• Always having a route for upward growth: A manager’s progression can be bounded more tightly by the size and structure of an organization. After all, managing more people and teams involves traveling upward in the organization chart. What if there’s nowhere to go?