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You probably have more leadership experience than you’re giving yourself credit for. If you’re looking for more true leadership advice/information books are always a good way to go, but you also have to realize what leadership style you want to be or are. For me servant leadership is The best style so look for those type of mentoring books/videos if that is you also. There are about five different ways to lead. You just need to find the one that you will spend the most time in and that’s the most comfortable for you. Best of luck!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your response and insight!!
First and foremost, know YOU were hired for a reason and you are going to be tremendously successful. Hang onto this very positive vision of yourself so at moments when things may feel like they are going sideways, you “visualize” success. You got this!
I agree re servant leadership.
For what they are worth, here are some other suggestions to consider, subject of course to what you think/feel is authentic to you, etc.
Consider, for your first team meeting, presenting some slides to introduce yourself, with photos from your life (e.g., maybe elementary school pic, pets, family if applicable), maybe a page on your career path, and then a slide about how you like to work and your philosophy/values at work (e.g., important to me to be approachable, here to help remove barriers for you, think things through together). Think of it as a chance to make some early high level commitments about what they can expect from you and to model how you’d like them to interact with you (e.g., real, candid but appropriate, human).
Focus on building trust with your new team.
Ask each person what has been challenging with previous managers and what worked well. Ask what excites them about the job and what hurdles they experience in their day to day work. Without being invasive, get to know them as human beings and (without over sharing) let yourself be seen as a human being. Really, really listen and ask questions to understand.
Find opportunities to demonstrate you will do what you say and support the team. If something goes wrong, a direct report brings you a mistake they made, your reaction will be critically important. Try to listen, stay calm, avoid any negative reaction, hold back on leaping in with fixes or solutions and instead ask them how they are thinking about next steps (usually they already know how to resolve it) and then reassure them. The point is to build a culture where your directs are candid and bring you issues. A strong negative reaction or panic will shut that down very quickly.
Resist the urge to make snap judgments about what you think is “wrong” or needs to change and take some time to get to know the team, the stakeholders and the company (what drives decisions, how people interact and how decisions get made).
I think it takes a couple years to really get to know each direct report’s strengths and opportunities so try to withhold judgement and observe, be judicious in your feedback.
Again, you are going to be so great at this.
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Good luck!
I know I'm late to the party, but congratulations!
Here are 3 things every first-time manager should do in their first 30 days:
▪️ Schedule 1:1s (and listen more than you talk).
▪️ Ask your team what’s working and what’s not.
▪️ Clarify expectations with your boss — don’t assume.
These simple moves prevent 80% of first-time manager headaches.
The hardest part about managing is that it's different for each person you manage. One approach that works extremely well for one person will absolutely tank for another person. There's no one-size-fits-all process.
As a leadership coach, my whole shtick is emotional intelligence and finding ways to lead that feel natural to you. It's important to stretch your comfort zone, but you want leadership to feel sustainable, so you don't want to go tooooo far outside of what feels natural to you.
Happy to answer any questions if you need it!