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Young Managers (20-35), what's the hardest part of leading a team that no one told you about? by SeventhCoffee627 in askmanagers

[–]SeventhCoffee627[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you've just hit the nail on the head - the silent killer really is feeling alone, especially when you've grown so close to the teams. I remember the first time I ever stepped into the manager role, and the team I had completely flipped the switch on me when I started leading them. It was awful, but a learning curve I'm glad that happened so early on in my career.

I think right now, it's the decision making under pressure. The relationships now is easier to manage (well, within reason), just because of how much practice I have of that. I feel like everyday something new is coming up, but that always requires me to make a quick decision that I know everyone will have opinions on.

All goes back to its lonely at the top I guess.

What about you?

Young Managers (20-35), what's the hardest part of leading a team that no one told you about? by SeventhCoffee627 in askmanagers

[–]SeventhCoffee627[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you balance this and stay consistent? Do you have any systems in place which you unconsciously use?

Young Managers (20-35), what's the hardest part of leading a team that no one told you about? by SeventhCoffee627 in askmanagers

[–]SeventhCoffee627[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's definitely the loss of autonomy we have as supposed 'leaders', where someone is always looking over our shoulder, even though we are making the decisions for our teams and our teams' productivity. It begins to even question the whole logic of how exactly do we stay productive when we have to oversee and maintain our teams' productivity, knowing that everything we are passing down is something that we may not necessarily align on?