{"id":2552,"date":"2026-06-22T10:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2026-06-22T10:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:28:57","slug":"the-transition-to-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/the-transition-to-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"The transition to leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC2275-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dolphins group blog\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC2275-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC2275-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The flawed theory is that A+ students become good leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Theres no reason to think that this should be true.<\/p>\n<p>Doing well on tests, paying attention to whats being asked, being diligent in short-term error correctionthese are three hallmarks of someone who is good at school.<\/p>\n<p>None of these are important once youre charged with charting a new path, with figuring out what to do next. In fact, they get in the way.<\/p>\n<p>We invented the educational regime to produce compliant factory workers. But the most compliant arent always suited to be the bravest, the most empathic or the most intuitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The flawed theory is that A+ students become good leaders. Theres no reason to think that this should be true. Doing well on tests, paying attention to whats being asked, being diligent in short-term error correctionthese are three hallmarks of someone who is good at school. None of these are important once youre charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[2772,423,424,2752,2753,2754,2751,1673,56,2756,2740,2744,2749,55,390,2742,387,388,389,2755,2729,2724],"yst_prominent_words":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552\/revisions\/2557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2552"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}