I work in field sales and my manager keeps hinting that I should "go into leadership." I am not sure if that is a compliment or just a way to make me stay longer. when someone moves into management, does it limit future options or open more doors?

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Generally speaking, that would be a compliment. It usually means someone recognized that you have leadership potential. The thing is, leadership isn't for everyone, some people would rather not have to deal with managing other people, or making a lot of extra decisions. If you're offered a position of that sort, definitely explore the possibility, but make sure it aligns with how you'd like to be working.

That’s fair. I just can’t tell if it’s genuine or their way of saying “please don’t quit yet.” Leadership sounds good until you realise it comes with spreadsheets, stress, and other humans.

I would say it opens more doors, but if you didn’t want to walk in those doors anyway, it kind of defeats the purpose. Leadership isn’t a part of everyone's goals, and that is fine. Just a matter of figuring out what you want to do.

True. I’m not sure I want those doors if they just lead to more meetings. Still trying to figure out if I actually want to lead or if I just want to be left alone to sell in peace.

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