You have recently transitioned into management after being a very effective individual contributor, mastering your functional area.
What would it take to succeed in the new role as a manager?
Hopefully, your manager has set clear expectations, explained what success looks like and keeps guiding and supporting you.
Unfortunately, this is usually not the case, and it’s up to you to find the way, not only for you but for your whole team.
The first thing to realize is that doing the same individual contributor tasks is not the way. Your job is now the team and success is achieving results and retention.
Just as you gained your functional expertise, management is a profession that requires learning and practicing on the job, amplified with your own learning or with a coach.
I recommend learning the following actionable topics:
What to learn as a new manager
- Effective communication with DiSC
- 1:1
- Feedback
- Coaching
- Delegation
- Performance Management
- Psychological Safety
- Time Management
- Motivation
- Hiring and interviewing
There is no benefit in learning the hard way of making costly mistakes and losing opportunities for higher performance. Every ineffective week is a waste.
Learning these topics, practicing and applying them will not only make you an effective manager faster, but also distinguish you from all the managers who don’t.
More free resources
Manager Tools podcasts
Drive book
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