How to Succeed as a New Manager After a Battlefield Promotion

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1. What to do—and not do—when you get are unexpectedly thrust into a management role “Often, emerging leaders receive promotions into management roles during regular compensation and promotion cycles, or when a senior leader announces their exit and long-standing succession plans are put into action.” Other times, change happens quickly and unexpectedly after layoffs, reorgs, or the abrupt departure of a leader who got a great opportunity elsewhere or wants to spend more time with their family. In these instances, instead of getting promoted through traditional advancement processes, one person gets plucked from a team for the empty management role—like a soldier getting a real-time promotion on the battlefield to fill a leadership void.

   In Leadership and organizational changes

2. Often, emerging leaders receive promotions into management roles during regular compensation and promotion cycles, or when a senior leader announces their exit and long-standing succession plans are put into action. “Other times, change happens quickly and unexpectedly after layoffs, reorgs, or the abrupt departure of a leader who got a great opportunity elsewhere or wants to spend more time with their family.” If you recently received one of these battlefield promotions, you might be experiencing a mix of emotions: part excitement, part dread, part grief. The bad news is, 15% of your colleagues have been laid off; the good news is, you just got a promotion.

   In Leadership and organizational changes

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