How Do I Define My New Role to Set Myself Up for Success? | Coaching Real Leaders

How Do I Define My New Role to Set Myself Up for Success?
She’s found a career path she truly enjoys, in part because of her ability to take risks and try new things. Now, as her team is reorganized, she has the opportunity to design her next leadership position, but she’s not sure what she needs to ask for in order to be successful. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through reframing what may be holding her back and identifying the priorities she wants to focus on going forward.
Further reading:
• Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want: hbr.org/2010/06/managing-your...
• Using Design Thinking To Become The CEO Of Your Own Career And Drive Career Success: www.forbes.com/sites/forbesco...
• How to Create a New Job at Your Current Company: www.themuse.com/advice/how-to...
• How To Ask For What You Need At Work: www.forbes.com/sites/sarahshe...
• Having the Here’s-What-I-Want Conversation With Your Boss: hbr.org/2015/11/having-the-he...
This episode originally aired on Coaching Real Leaders on May 8, 2023.
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Series Description:
We all want to get to the next level of our career, but so many of us get stuck. Longtime leadership coach Muriel Wilkins takes you inside real-life leadership coaching sessions with high performers working to overcome professional challenges and grow as leaders. Listen in on real conversations and leave with new insights and practical guidance for your own career.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
2:25 - The Challenges of Defining a New Role
10:50 - Blocking Out the Noise of Self-Doubt
17:36 - Preparing to Stand Up for Yourself
29:41 - Confidence Despite Ambiguity
42:54 - Leveraging Community
52:14 - Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for What You Need
55:57 - Takeaways
59:05 - Outro
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[@mequable]

Such an odd time to listen to this podcast as I'm in the same position on the other side, sort of. 13:24 I am in the position where I'm the technical one, and I am facing the realities of completely lacking people skills and suffering the consequences of that. So I must admit to myself that if there was management above or around me that lacked technical skills, but had the people skills, they would have benefitted better the whole company. Managing people is extremely valuable, because people have different skills. I am the fastest worker in the team, but because of my lack of managerial skils I can't benefit not only the team, but the whole company, so me being technical isn't valuable that much. What I'm trying to say is that I can absolutely recognise bad leadership and how good leadership doesn't necessitate knowing the technical ins and outs of a job, but being able to read people and understand how they work, how they fit in and how to leverage their skills for the benefit of both their individual roles and the whole. This is a separate skill than technical knowledge and I can see how I lack it by listening to the other side (and by also seeing bad management examples).

[@mariawebb9893]

Awesome advice - thank you for sharing!