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When a top performer steps into leadership, Rebekah's advice is to let go of one expectation.

You can't force somebody to become as good as you were.

The goal is helping the team become great performers.

Friday you were complaining about the boss. Monday, you are the boss.

CCL surveyed 295 first-time managers: 59.3% said displaying authority was the hardest part. 58% got no training.

Onward and Upward 🚀

Fired at sixteen after a confrontation at work — and she came to agree with her boss.

The quiet part: you can only enforce a standard you said out loud first.

What is yours?

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You got promoted for being the best at the job. Nobody told you that's exactly why you're failing at it now.

Cross off anything a teammate could do at 80% of your standard. What's left is your actual job.

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The hardest team to lead is the one that knew you before you had the title.

Act like a boss: costume. Stay one of the crew: nobody's driving.

They're testing your decisions, not your demeanor.

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Most leadership training arrives years after the promotion that required it.

That isn't a talent gap. It's a scheduling one.

What did you actually get in your first 30 days?

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"I'm faster at it" is true. It's also the most expensive true thing a new manager believes.

Four months on you're still doing it, they still can't, and it's a standing appointment you resent.

What are you still doing yourself?