I spent three years as a top producer under a great leader.
Then a reorg moved me under a command and control micromanager. Same skills. Same work ethic. Same person.
I was miserable within months. Gone within a year.
Nobody handed me a new set of skills in that reorg. What changed was the leader.
You can’t outwork a bad environment. Development isn’t just coaching the individual. It’s building the environment that lets the coaching stick.
If you want to know why someone’s performance dropped, don’t just look at them. Look at who’s leading them.