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I'd like to know your experiences / advices for situations where your colleagues became your directs.
I'm a new manager and facing this situation. Are there things that I should or really shouldn't do?
To add a bit more background: our boss resigned and I got promoted so now I have 3 directs that were my colleagues (they each have a team of about 5 persons). I have good relationships with all 3 of them but now I'm switching from being "a nice person" to being "the boss", as Mark would say.
I'd be glad to hear from your experiences. Thanks
Since you describe yourself
Since you describe yourself as a new manager I would start by reviewing the "basics" series of podcasts, and follow the guidnace in the Rolling Out The Trinity series on how to implement the trinity.
In addition I would suggest listening to the following;
Jump Starting Internal Customer Relationships (Part 1 of 2)
Jump Starting Internal Customer Relationships (Part 2 of 2)
The First Rule for New Managers
New Job Day One - Do It Yourself
The Starter Feedback Model - Part 1
The Starter Feedback Model - Part 2
Quick and Dirty Choosing a Number Two
Steve Simmons
CGEIT, CISA, CISM, CISSP
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