Get a Coachable Moment™ every week!
🔒 Your email is safe. I do not spam!
Congrats! You’ve just been promoted to a management position. But there’s a hitch.
Imagine you’ve been promoted and asked to lead a new department which will have seven or eight employees. One of them is Lisa, a personal friend for several of years. You’ve shared many experiences over the years, good times and bad. She’s been a confidant, a shoulder to lean on, a cheerleader, and someone you could turn to when you needed to vent. The reverse is also true.
Another member of the team is Scott, a co-worker and peer from your previous department. He’s out-going and people enjoy his good-natured humor. He left a voice mail to congratulate you. “I’m so happy to hear you’re going to be the new manager,” he said in part. “It’s going to be a lot of work putting a new team together. I’m glad you’re going to be the new boss – I’ve always believed it’s not who you are, it’s who you know,” he joked.
That said, you’ve heard a rumor that Scott had been hoping for a promotion into management and may be resentful of your selection.
Rounding out the team are Jayne, Alicia, Amanda, Jose and James, but you don’t know them and have no firm opinion of them yet.
As the newly appointed manager, you’ll be juggling many priorities: building a team from the ground up, establishing goals and objectives, assigning tasks and projects, getting started with your new boss, and many others. Not to mention the elephant in the room: you’ll be managing friends and peers.
To do that effectively, you need a plan. Where do you begin? What do you do?
Help might be a click away. See that button at the bottom of the page? Click it, and you’ll get a FREE copy of Managing Friends & Former Peers, one of my most popular ebooks. You’ll get practical, proven tips and techniques for people about to take on a leadership role with a new staff made up (at least in part) with people they’ve known as friends, colleagues, or peers.
Why is it FREE?
It’s simple. I want to introduce new readers to my ever-growing collection of practical, easy-to-read, affordable books on management and leadership. And, from time to time I’ll be able to let my readers know about new releases, special sales, and other cool stuff.
This book was extremely informative and right on point. I love how it tackles just one subject in a format that’s both easy to read and easy to apply. My only regret is that I didn’t have Managing Friends & Former Peers when I first began my transition from “friendco” to manager.