I feel dumb&stupid all the time. Stuck in an ERP test lead position but lack vocabulary and basic system knowledge. 1st year manager and feel incompetent in the role. Your advise? I am letting me down

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You need skills, network and motivation, probably in that order. Skills: pluralsight and coursera. Network: LinkedIn and whatever internal magic you have in PwC. Motivation... Perhaps you need a new hobby or a new social circle that will make you fill successful and bring the motivation back?

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Reorient your role to be a leader and coordinator as you develop the technical skills. Lean on expertise from team to fill technical skills gaps while you pick up content knowledge and build your network (focus on internal network first) to have deep specialists provide feedback. I've had a great manager that had very little technical depth. They focused on stakeholder management and collaboratively developing / refining the plan, they gave the team members a voice and credit in meetings, engaged with project leadership to protect their team. Leading facilitated sessions to elicit quality measures from the end user. This approach assumes you have solid communication, facilitation skill, mentorship, and political savvy.

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SM1 -thanks 👍

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Never stop learning - take your time to learn on nights and weekends.

It's not "work" if you enjoy it and make your "actual work" easier and you're investing in yourself.

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A1: much thanks. Feeling despondent so def a new hobby can bring some life and confidence back

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