The New Manager’s Survival Guide
This is the second in a series of posts on how to build a great team.
Little can prepare you for being a new manager. You can read books on it, talk to seasoned managers, contemplate the qualities of the best (and worst) managers you’ve had, but because so much of being a manager is experiential, these resources can provide only a cursory understanding of what awaits you. If you are a new manager, or aspire to be one, prepare for one of the most intense learn-on-the-job experiences of your life. That said, below I’ve highlighted 9 key management lessons I’ve learned through my own experience, in the hope that they will aid those of you about to embark on your first management role.
