Promotions can be deceptive
Everyone understands that the role changes as they climb the corporate ladder. And they yearn for Leadership positions at the top. They miss out on the fact that Leadership starts at the bottom rung. If they do realise that, they assuming that the next level is simply more of the same leadership, at a larger scale. It isn’t. As leadership scope expands, the job itself changes. You move from: Leading Self Managing your own performance, discipline, judgment and credibility. to Leading Individuals / a Team Creating direction, trust, accountability, feedback and development. to Leading Multiple Teams Leading through other leaders, aligning priorities, creating operating rhythm and reinforcing culture. to Leading Cross-Functional Systems Managing interfaces, trade-offs, competing priorities and dependencies across functions you may not control directly. to Leading a Business Unit Balancing customers, people, opera...