Managing Former Peers: What Actually Changes You got the promotion. For about a day, it felt good. Then you noticed it. The joke that didn’t quite land the same. The chat that stopped when you walked up. The lunch invite that didn’t come. Managing former peers is, without question, the hardest part nobody warned you […]
First 90 Days in a New Role — What Actually Matters You got the job. The first 90 days in a new job are where the real work starts — and it has almost nothing to do with your task list. Most advice about the first 90 days in a new job is a checklist: […]
How to Delegate Effectively — A Coaching Approach for Managers If you want to delegate effectively, the first thing to know is that the problem is almost never skill. You know how to hand over a task. You know how to brief someone. What stops most leaders from delegating effectively has nothing to do […]
How to Influence Upwards — Communicating with Senior Stakeholders If you are looking to get better at influencing upwards, there are usually one of a few things going on. Sometimes the confidence is not fully there yet in senior rooms. Sometimes the specific communication skills that senior-level conversations require have simply not been part […]