Promotion

What a wonderful concept and one that holds so much promise and reward when you find your self being the chosen.

It is very natural for us to become very excited and look forward to stepping into a new role which for many is indeed what their whole personal career identity and ambitions are evolving around. The confirmation that you have been found worthy and valuable.

I sincerely wish for you all the best, and for those temporarily less fortunate (not yet chosen) keep doing the best possible job where you are at any time. This is how any organisation with their salt will assess their resources and people.

A few weeks into the new role, it is not uncommon to start becoming present to the parts of the role less critically assessed by you and the hiring manager and leadership group.

Because you have earned your stripes in the job you came from (very often you were excelling in your field of expertise or technology etc), many makes the assumption that because you know what is going on you are fit to lead and manage the same work and group of staff.

Sometimes this is actually a bit of a trap, and one that is best mitigated and controlled by making the assumption that you are indeed not fully fit for the job just because you have been formally promoted and seated in the new chair.

Way too often organizations and the newly promoted are trusting that having being promoted you are fit, and you will work out the rest from there…….!

Sounds about right, or even familiar..? The experience of being dropped in the water and be watched if you can swim or not……

I have lived this journey myself, and know how easy it is to become trapped and entangled and definitively speaking up and asking for support and help. Maybe it is a male thing feeling a bit embarrassed if flagging a need for some proper training, coaching or mentoring support.

In meantime I pushed on and overall it went pretty well, but at what cost……..!

My invitation for you is to take this part seriously, if you are promoting or if you are being promoted.

Spend time and resources on developing the fitness for the role, and the long term outcomes WILL be better - Guaranteed!

I would love to hear from you about your experience, what worked well and what was missing for you in situations like this?

Have a great week ahead!

Stig