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I’ve always questioned whether I was ready for an opportunity as I was leaning into it. If it doesn’t stretch you, you are over prepared for it.
As far as the skills you’ll need…you probably already have experience with many of them. Managing a team, of course. Presentation skills and being able to tune the voice of your delivery to align with the audience. Delegation. Time management, including assessing conflicting priorities and selection. Business acumen. Self advocacy. Persuasion and coalition building.
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You will learn the most when you actually step into the role, I don't think people are ever truly ready until they've given it a go and learnt the basics.
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This is how i feel as well and it has also been my experience
There is some good feedback here. I would argue that when you start to get to director and above, your new potential peer group play a bigger role than with lower positions. I’ve seen people held back from director and VP positions because the existing VPs in the same work stream didn’t think they were ready. Personally I’ve found success building strong relationships across other departments so they could play advocate for me when those promotability conversations inevitably come up. Organizational allies are worth their weight in gold IMO.