Overview/Description
Promotion to management is obviously welcome and something to celebrate, but when the initial excitement is over, you may begin to wonder about your new responsibilities. Your main focus is now on managing the activities of others and ensuring that the company's resources are used effectively. Apprehensions about whether you are able to do the job are natural--it merely indicates a healthy respect for the role. Taking some time to consider how you can best direct your current abilities toward the new task will be time well spent. It is inevitable that your co-workers' expectations of you will change. It may be hard for some of your former colleagues to accept your promotion. Your new fellow managers, who were once senior to you, may also take some time to adjust. Again, thinking through some of the possible scenarios you may face will help you to be better prepared.
Target Audience
Anyone who is about to be promoted or has recently been promoted to his or her first management or supervisory role.