Just assumed a new role with 6 new people reporting to me. What are the first things I should do and things I should avoid. I am excited but also cautious and wanted to start off on a great footing with my new team. Kindly Let me know TC: 300k
Don’t try to do too much
How do you know how much is too much
When you feel burned down, or the quality of your work is dropping. You are there simply to support your team, don’t take on too much yourself My biggest realization I had was to learn what to say “no” to and how to say it
Don’t screw the intern and don’t fall in love with your direct
Point noted.
Think long about how you can help your team best. Write a one page, team charter about your purpose, vision and priorities, including how you will enable the team. Schedule an intro call where you introduce yourself, present the charter (let them read and ask question). Then schedule reoccurring 1:1 intro with each person, try to get to know them, their strengths and weaknesses. BTW - their career should be your number 1 priority. Jobs are temporary, relationships last a lifetime.
Very good points
now that you’re a manager, you need to learn how to delegate. you probably got promoted or hired as a manager for being good at your job, but now managing people is the bulk of your job. your success is now determined by how well your team is doing/perceived to be doing by other managers/your manager
Very good points
+1 for delegation. This is very important, especially for senior people in your team. You need to delegate to make the best of your team's senior ICs.
You will have some favorites, but don’t make that blatant.
This ^
Just stop coaching people where it is not necessary. Current generation of college grads are pretty good and that is ok to just let me work their own way.
Prepare at least one person to become manager and take your role.
Wow that is very unique and clever! Good one
Save your teams time. Say no to as many things as you can which dont help your teams vision.
Thanks!
Set very clear expectations and goals, focusing KPIs around genuine business impact rather than volume of work. Have weekly 1:1s, and remember they are mostly their time and not yours - use team meetings to give updates and company comms openly, in 1:1s you want to be mostly listening. Forget about trying to have one management ‘style’, and adapt your approach to what suits individual team members best. Have regular career conversations (about once a quarter), get a good understanding of what they want to achieve and how they want to progress. Acknowledge and reward good performance, and address signs of poor performance sooner rather than later. Whether good or bad, review outcomes should never be a big surprise to anyone
Very cool
Stop hell NO! Wtf weekly 1:1s if you ever did this it'll backfire you. People will simply leave your team.. It seems op is first time manager. Keep things cool don't try to be here micromanage.
You’re their manager first and friend second.
What should that translate to?
It’s more important to be respected than liked. Also, you won’t be friends with some of your team and that’s okay. Your #1 job is to help them do their jobs better: coach them, advocate for them, make sure they’re on track