How Big Are Your Shoes?
Big Shoes To Fill
We all hear about people who have "big shoes to fill", when they leave a position.
But what does that really mean?
Is it that the successor isn't capable of doing the job?
Is it that the successor isn't worthy of the position?
Is it that the successor doesn't have the support of the team?
Or...
Could it mean that the person wearing the shoes didn't prepare the successor?
Rather than a failure of the successor, perhaps in SOME cases, it represents a failure of the person whose shoes we are talking about. They simply didn't prepare their successor adequately.
Do YOU have big shoes?
If YOU think you have big shoes to fill, perhaps it's your ego that is too big to fill.
Isn't it a better legacy to help someone else fill those shoes, rather than set them up for failure?