Last year, I took a leap and became a manager. In my new role, I want to support and develop my team. However, my manager expects the team to hit new stretch goals, which means a lot more work, and has mentioned reducing the size of the team (but not the goals). It feels impossible to achieve the goals and support my team without looking like I’m pushing back to my manager. I don’t want to jeopardize my career. Anyone else feel this way? Any advice?

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Welcome to leadership and congratulations! This is what you’ll be doing the entire time that you’re a leader doing more with less.
It does sound like you are looking for some guidance but first you need to find out what kind of a leader you want to be so go dig into leadership types. Don’t forget to add in the leaders that you look up to at your job or previous jobs And really figure out what made them good leaders to you.
So you’ve been in the role now for 10 months look at what’s going well, what hasn’t gone well and how you improve those things. You can also think about the leaders that you don’t like and what they did that you don’t like and try not to do those things.

At the end of the day if you’re truly looking to lead people and make a difference in their careers, that means turning them into leaders as well. That’s where the real fun and pride lies in my personal opinion.

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