My next role on the corporate ladder might be a people management role (at least according to ‘traditional trajectories’). What were the biggest adjustments you went through going from an IC to junior manager? What do you wish someone would have told you going into it?

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Learning to delegate and trust the deliverable without overly micromanaging it.
Also providing clarity of expectations that can’t be exactly taught - some people don’t strive how I want them do or provide a high enough level of performance beyond lowest common denominator

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