Your Next Role

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Personal impact: be confident about your ability to step up

• Appreciate your experience
• Tame your inner critic
• Your key task: develop your value proposition for promotion

1 Appreciate your experience

A promotion is about a step-up role, and naturally because you haven’t done the role before, you may feel anxious about whether you could really do it – especially if it involves a significant transition such as managing people or managing a business unit for the first time. The way to gain self-confidence is to appreciate the experience you would bring to the next role. Look back on your whole career history and experience to date to understand the unique experience you have, the major transitions you have already made, your strengths and ...