Starting a new role often comes with pressure to prove yourself quickly—deliver wins, set direction, show impact.
But the most powerful move can be to pause, listen, and let the team’s insights shape your early decisions.
How have you balanced the need to act fast with the discipline to listen first?

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What approaches have helped you earn trust in those first months?

I generally do not speak unless I have something valuable to contribute which I think is a skill many should learn. It really gives more credibility when you do actually speak up. I like to listen, take away what I don’t understand, do my research and then validate my understanding is accurate with management or whomever would be best. Also don’t be afraid to say I don’t know but I will find out. Following up in those instances also build trust and credibility. Lastly, relating new information to previous experience is helpful, ex I worked in consumer mortgage for years and made a switch to commercial banking, I was able to related different products from commercial to the consumer products which helped me understand quicker and now when I train employees I can provide examples that they may understand from a real world sense.

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