Be a Great Boss: The Hill Collection (4 Items)

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Easing the Transformation

With this study we have had a rare glimpse into the subjective ex-

perience of becoming a manager and proposed a framework for

understanding that very complex transition. The new managers

provided surprisingly consistent accounts of their first year as

managers and from those we have extracted two themes:

1. Becoming a manager required a profound psychological

adjustment—a transformation. Some transitions are

changes that keep an individual on a fixed career track,

like the pilot’s minor adjustments in heading an airplane

to maintain a steady course. Others—like the promotion

to management—are turning points shifting the entire ...