Promoted Into Incompetence: Why Good Workers Become Poor Leaders-and How Organizations Can Change That...

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David Fraser Jay Umeh

Promoted Into Incompetence

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Why Good Workers Become Poor Leaders-and How Organizations Can Change That

David Fraser, Jay Umeh

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Fraser Leadership Group
05 January 2026

Public administration; Management & management techniques; Management: leadership & motivation; Non-profitmaking organisations

Series: Fraser Leadership

Promoted into Incompetence examines a leadership crisis hiding in plain sight: how technically skilled employees often rise to management positions without the training, perspective, or preparation to lead effectively. Drawing on more than three decades of executive and academic experience, Dr. David E. Fraser reveals why competence in one role does not automatically translate into success in another-and what organizations can do to change that.

From government and healthcare to education and the nonprofit sector, Fraser exposes the structural habits that reward technical mastery while neglecting leadership readiness. Through clear analysis, practical frameworks, and field-tested tools, he shows how to rebuild the pipeline for capable, ethical, and self-aware leadership.

This book is both a diagnosis and a guide for action. Leaders, HR professionals, and educators will find strategies for mentoring, performance design, and succession planning that prevent avoidable failure and restore organizational confidence.

The second title in the Fraser Leadership Series, Promoted into Incompetence offers a roadmap for turning misplaced promotions into intentional leadership development-and for transforming competence into true capacity.

By: David Fraser
Foreword by: Jay Umeh
Imprint: Fraser Leadership Group
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 531g
ISBN: 9798993690520
Series: Fraser Leadership
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 05 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David E. Fraser, Ed.D., MPA, is a scholar-practitioner, executive leader, and educator whose career spans more than three decades in government, higher education, and the nonprofit sector. He serves in an executive leadership capacity as Chief of Staff in Contra Costa County, California, where he provides strategic leadership in legislative affairs, fiscal policy, and program development within one of the Bay Area's largest counties.Dr. Fraser has taught graduate-level courses in public and healthcare administration for more than twenty years at Cal State East Bay, where he is a member of the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Public Affairs and Administration. His teaching and research emphasize ethical governance, organizational competence, and leadership readiness in complex systems.He is the author of Grantcraft: The Practitioner's Guide to Strategic Funding for Public Service, Healthcare, and the Nonprofit Sector and founder of Fraser Leadership Group, which provides leadership development, strategic planning, and strategic fund development services for public, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations.Website: www.fraserleadership.com Jay Umeh, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus and Former ChairDepartment of Public Affairs & AdministrationCalifornia State University, East Bay