As a manager, when do you know you’re ready for the senior manager level?

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When they put you up for promotion

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When they notice that you are having too much time on your hand

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You are never ready for the next level. Once you feel getting comfortable at your current level, push your way to the next level.

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^pretty much that. They'll put you up for it when they think you are ready.

Most of the times I’ve seen it when you pseudo put yourself up for it

When you can run a project with little to no senior guidance. Basically when you can guide 2+ projects at once.

Managed revenue targets, look em up

Ideally I’d say when you are already meeting the sales and MR targets of a first year SM. Not necessarily formally counted in the systems but can be legitimately reported on your YE etc. Things like being first chair sales on a proposal could give you a big boost.

Network strength is even more important, but is hard to give you an objective and quantifiable metric to judge “when”.

If you have support of the PPMDs that matter for your group/industry/etc. that is really the deciding factor, and if you aren’t already asking those people what else you need to do to be ready, now would be a good to start.

When you start performing at the next level and are successful at it.

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