Start Brilliantly. 6 Crucial Actions to go from Employee to Manager

The transition to management; to go from employee to manager is a tough step for anyone. Many of us transition from an employee to a manager through internal promotion which makes it even harder.
To make transitioning into a management role easier, I share 6 crucial actions to go from employee to manager.
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Video Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
01:33 Understand The Picture And Create A Vision
03:35 Stop Doing And Start Delegating
04:55 Focus On Flexibility
06:55 Create One-On-One Time
08:26 Ask Lots Of Questions And Make Small Changes
09:49 Create Your Learning Network
11:23 In Summary
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Starting as a new manager is daunting. Understanding the bigger picture and creating a vision starts you on the right foot. I share 4 important tips for new managers covering strategy, value creation, goals and helping your team. Each makes a big difference moving from employee to manager.
Next, the peer to manager transition was gained by hard work. This alone will no longer help you. Stop doing and start delegating to create more value than you can on your own. As a junior manager, you will still be doing ~80% of the time. The other 20% managing is critical.
A big danger transitioning into a management position is the perception you must impress and justify your promotion. You have 3 - 6 months to impress. Focus on being flexible and responding to the needs of your team. The most valuable of my first time manager tips is to focus on helping your team.
After the transition from co-worker to manager, you create the most value through your team. To maintain team performance, you need to build relationships with your team, or reset them. Make a lot of time for one-on-one meetings with your team members.
How to be a new manager definitely includes asking lots of questions and making small changes. You may feel the need to make your mark. Don’t rush this - work out the right mark to make first.
Ask a lot of questions and listen carefully. I absolutely do this with any new team I manage even after 25 years of being a manager. When you are new in the manager role, you have an amazing window to ask a lot of questions - use it.
Last of my new manager tips, is to create your learning network. In a new job and starting a new career, you have so much to learn and new skills to practice. Get as much help from any source to work out what you need to learn and practice. Do this and save years of time.
If you have any questions on “Start Brilliantly. 6 Crucial Actions to go from Employee to Manager”, leave them in the comments below and I will get back to you.
Jess Coles
Enhance.training

[@JS-ie9gk]

I came across your channel and I’m happy I stopped and watched your content. This is really helpful, atleast now I have a guide 🙂

[@Enhancetraining]

Glad I could help! J

[@user-jr2mk7mw5w]

Try those things as a low level manager at Walmart,,your career will end quickly

[@Enhancetraining]

It is super important to flex your approach to the situation. I remain very confident that each of these 6 actions work well - how you implement them in Walmart may be very different from office environments. I have worked picking potatoes, in burger joints, bars .. all the way through to world class businesses. I agree that the environments can be very very different, so flexing is super important.