Chapter TwoThe Challenges of Being the “New” Manager
You are the new leader. Congratulations! On day one, you have two critical missions:
- Establish yourself as a strong, highly engaged leader.
- Learn who’s who and what’s what.
Take note: you’ll have to pursue those two missions simultaneously, right out of the gate. Ready, set, go!
Leadership transitions occur every day in the workplace, at all levels, in organizations of every shape and size. In today’s fast-moving world, leaders come and go and come back again. That’s why we so often take these transitions for granted, gloss over them, and miss tremendous opportunities in the process.
Even in a fluid work environment, if you are my new manager, that has profound implications, at least for ...
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