Recently I have had some interesting “side bar” discussions from people in my Leadership workshops. Participants come up to me on breaks and the conversations go like this:
“Joyce I’m glad that I received a promotion because I’m making more money, BUT…
- “I haven’t received any training for this new position and I’m way out of my league.”
- “I didn’t know that I was going to be responsible for so many direct reports.”
- “My boss didn’t tell me that I was going to travel weekly with this new position.”
I feel such stress pouring out of these new leaders. They are overwhelmed and don’t feel that they can do anything about this. Let’s face it, most of us will NOT turn down a chance for a promotion. First of all the company will not be impressed if we say, ‘NO” for what ever reason we give to them. Plus we could be even more frustrated if we turn down a promotion because that could be the stepping stone that we are looking for our own success.… [Continue reading]