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Hill Classic
14 June 2022
12:43
As firms become leaner and more dynamic, the journey of becoming a new manager gets harder and
harder all the time.
The skills and methods require to succeed as a boss are quite different from the skills and
methods require to succeed as a subordinate.
Personal expertise
Individual actions
Setting
And implementing an agenda for the whole team
New managers
Feel constrained
Bosses, peers and others make relentless and often conflicting demands on them
Give up the myth of authority and Instead identify and build effective relationships
Authority comes with a position?
Give up the myth that authority comes with the job for the reality that you need to earn the
people's respect and trust
Give up the myth that managers must control their staff for the reality that you must share if you
want to influence the staff.
Managers must build trust and mutual expectations with many people
New managers attend to individual performance
Give up the myth for managing the team members for the reality of managing the entire team