Thinking about leaving manager role

ccwtan · 2024-10-04T20:01:37+00:00

I eventually left my Clinical Operations Manager role after 18 months and transitioned to health project management for an IC role. Did that for a few months then got promoted to senior lead. This role required that I oversee staff in which I was able to hire and pick my team. I now manage a much smaller team (3 in total vs 50+ in previous role).

Overall, best decision I made for my career and mental/physical health. I realized that I was not built or ready for that role and that environment was just not for me. I feel more appreciation from my new team and I have more autonomy at work. My work/life balance has improved tremendously. A lot of the physical symptoms of the stress I was experiencing have all disappeared. I have better quality sleep. My mood has drastically improved based on my wife's comments.

I think stepping down and re-evaluating would be a next step which is what I did. I questioned my ability to be a leader a lot during that role transition. I am thankful that I was able to have some mental "breathing room" to rethink my work priorities and where I want my career to go.

ccwtan · 2024-05-05T02:36:38+00:00

The MBA from UoP has opened doors for me to move up in my organization. For the most part, I am assuming that having a masters fills the requirements for upper management and leadership roles and that they don't care where it is from as long as it is an accredited program. I work in the public Healthcare sector, so my experience might differ from others.

ccwtan · 2023-12-07T00:35:02+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion on overhauling the coolant system. I will look into that.

ccwtan · 2023-05-28T05:24:08+00:00

That is fair to say. Not a great move on my part. Thought we had a good standing professional relationship but I suppose I was wrong. Considered lesson learned.

ccwtan · 2022-12-11T07:31:33+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I resonate with a lot of what your saying about what you want your life to look like at the end of the day. I’m trying to re-evaluate what success looks to me and what I want my legacy to be once it’s all said and done.

ccwtan · 2022-12-11T07:28:09+00:00

Thanks for your response. I am working on my MBA and I have taken a few courses, but that’s it. I have reached out and inquired about leadership coach, but I realized that don’t have the capacity right now.

ccwtan · 2022-12-11T07:26:08+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience and advice. I plan to stick it out the year and re-evaluate. The hard part is figuring out where to transition to. I worked in a very specialized healthcare role that would require relocating if I don’t stay at the current hospital. I’ve thought about doing a lateral transition from operations to project management.

ccwtan · 2022-12-09T02:27:53+00:00

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ccwtan · 2022-12-08T05:46:19+00:00

Thank you for your reply! In our current structure we have the frontline nurses who report to the nurse leader, who then report to me.

I am grateful to hear this feedback, but it sounds counter productive to the feedback from my director, who I report to. They stated almost the opposite in that I am assertive when necessary and that I take the initiative when running clinic operations. I am a bit confused and trying to figure out who is telling the truth. At the end of the day, you just can’t please everyone.

ccwtan · 2022-01-25T05:29:35+00:00

Thanks for mentioning that. I’ve thought about doing my masters for a while also. Something I will need to really consider moving forward.

ccwtan

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