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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility

Essential Skills and Coaching for Frontline Managers

Hi Reader,

What's Inside

Slow down, you're moving too fast
This week's resource
Quote of the week
Your Turn

Trivia Challenge

In 2011, which coffee company claimed it was the first business to launch a mobile payment platform? (Scroll down for the answer)

Slow Down You're Moving Too Fast

1 Problem:

You stepped into management with big plans, a long to-do list, and the best intentions. Nobody told you that organizations don't move as fast as you do — and that your team needs time to adjust to you before you can adjust anything else. The result? You're overwhelmed, overworked, and quietly wondering if you're cut out for this.

You are. Nobody just told you to slow down.

1 Insight:

Before you fix anything, decide what kind of manager you want to be. Your values become your anchor when things get hard, and they will get hard. From there, pick three to five goals for your first year. Not twenty. Three to five. Everything else falls under those once you start working them.

Confidence doesn't come before you act. It builds as you act.

1 Action:

This week, resist the urge to fix one thing you've been wanting to change. Instead, have one conversation with a team member where you only ask and listen. Ask what's working, what's frustrating, and what would make their job easier. Then sit with it before you do anything with it.

That's not inaction. That's how credibility starts.

This Week's Resource

Manager's Transition Self-Assessment - "Which bucket are you in?" assessment will help you determine which area to focus on first: You and Your Skills, Your Team, or Your organization. This guide gives you the full breakdown, what your results mean, what to do with them, and a reflection worksheet to help you turn insight into action. If you would like, I can offer a free 30-minute debrief to review your results. Click here to access the assessment

You can do anything—but not everything.” — David Allen

Your Turn

Reflect: What's one thing you're doing this week that your team never asked for?
Assess: On a scale of 1-10 how much are you trying to prove yourself right now?
Engage: Hit reply — what's the hardest part of slowing down for you?

If you would like an accountability partner, reply to me, and I will read and respond all the replies.

Trivia answer: Starbucks

Till next week,

P.S. If this resonated and you're ready to stop figuring it out alone, I have 1 coaching spot left in May and 3 in June. Hit reply.

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