From the course: Transitioning from Technical Professional to Manager
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Developing self-awareness
From the course: Transitioning from Technical Professional to Manager
Developing self-awareness
After your promotion to management, you may have gotten this sage advice. To be effective, you need to find your leadership style. If you're like most new managers, you may not know what that is, and that's okay. This course will give you a jumpstart in figuring it out. I'll start with an example about a young man named Derek who was the go to guy in the IT department of a major company. He was a brilliant technical resource. When Derek was promoted to leadership position, he felt the need to emulate the style of his previous manager and mentor. That's what leadership looked like to Derek. It was this bold, charismatic person who was a great presenter and didn't hesitate to deliver directives. Unfortunately, Derek was a soft-spoken introvert who would rather have a root canal than speak to a large group of people and he had more of an ask versus tell style. As you can imagine, trying to copy the style of his former boss came off as awkward and forced. Derek had all the potential to be…
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