[random99292]

I just listened to the episode and I am not sure I buy their premise why bad managers exists. There are many reason why someone get promoted into a managerial position, but saying it's because they were good at their current job seems simplistic and a broad generalization.

I am also skeptical of their claim about sales numbers and how effective their managerial skills are. Correlation is not causation, and averages is a horrible way to judge if a person will be a good manager.

[mattgreenrocks]

> I am also skeptical of their claim about sales numbers and how effective their managerial skills are.

That's exactly the issue: there's no causal link. They could be good at both; indeed, this is what the org is banking on. But it's just as likely you're good at sales and not as good at management.

[random99292]

I probably misunderstood it, but what I heard it as you can be a good manager even if you don't have knowledge on what you are managing.