????這個數據表明，這些公司承認自己在打造一支稱職、勝任的管理者隊伍這個基礎性的工作上面吃了敗仗。如果有40%的中層管理者（不是高管）充其量只是達到了一般水平，他們為什么意識不到，公司正面臨危機，應該立即采取大動作來謀求改善。

????我們并沒看到有哪家公司宣布自身處于這種緊急狀態。這同樣也印證了我們的經驗和觀察告訴我們的另一個結論：盡管很多公司可能明確聲稱或暗示他們對管理者高標準嚴要求，但實際上他們對未達標的管理方法和行為一直持寬容態度。

????這一話題值得我們進行更深入的研究和探討，但對于個別管理者來說，它也清晰地傳遞了一點：假如你立志成為卓越的管理者，只是盡力達到公司的實際水準而非個人的真實水準還遠遠不夠。即使業績蘋果結果為“達到預期”，甚至更好，也并不意味著這種評價準確地衡量了你的技術或發展。

????管理者需要不斷成長，要明確自己的機會缺口，確認自己能做到什么程度，而不是接受公司管理者的實際業績缺口。這是對自身發展負責所要采取的第一步。

????注：本文中“機會缺口”和“業績缺口”兩個名詞源自邁克爾?塔什曼和查爾斯?奧萊利二世合著的《創新取勝：領導組織變革復興實用指南》（Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal）一書。

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????This figure is an admission by companies that they are failing in their fundamental task of creating a corps of competent, capable managers. If 40% of their mid-level -- not first-level -- managers are mediocre at best, why don't they recognize that they face a corporate crisis and take dramatic steps to improve?

????We're not aware of any companies that have declared such a state of emergency, which seems to confirm something our experience and observations have also told us: even though companies may claim, implicitly or explicitly, that they set high standards for their managers, they in fact condone managerial practices and behavior that persistently fall short of those standards.

????This whole topic deserves more study and discussion, but for individual managers, it seems to convey one clear point: if you aspire to become a great manager, simply striving to meet your organization's actual, versus espoused, standards probably won't get you there. Being rated "meets expectations" or even better isn't necessarily a good measure of your skill or progress.

????To grow as a manager, you will need to define your own opportunity gap – identify what youcanbecome -- rather than accept the actual performance gap for managers in your firm. This is the first step in taking responsibility for your own development.

????Note: We adapted the terms "Opportunity Gap" and "Performance Gap" fromWinning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewalby Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly II.