After being an exceptional performer as an individual contributor and recognised as a ‘high potential’ future leader, Janet was recently promoted to a People Leadership role – a role she had been working towards for over 18 months. She was very excited by the opportunity in front of her and was very keen to make her mark and have an immediate impact. She had worked diligently over the preceding 18 months to develop and form her own leadership philosophy and approach, and had aligned herself with what she considered to be strong and effective leaders, leveraging off their experience and guidance. So when the opportunity presented itself, she was ready.

The first 60 days for Janet has been very challenging, and whilst she has not lost her excitement around the new leadership role, she is beginning to feel a level of frustration that she had not been expecting. Her main challenge has been with her 1 up and 2 up Leaders, both of whom are leading their teams according to hierarchy and utilising their positional power to force their team to take action. This has been a real eye opener for Janet, especially considering the leaders she had aligned herself with possess and demonstrate a completely different philosophy and approach. She was experiencing a Continue reading →