With this post, I’m excited to introduce the new Level-Up—Career feature here at Management Excellence. The theme is based on my third book (in process): Level-Up—Surviving and Thriving on the Road to Senior Management.
The series is focused on helping professionals entering the power-curve of their career learn to succeed and to navigate the challenges during the journey from middle to executive management. From newly minted MBAs to individuals on the fast track to more responsibility, this on-going series is dedicated to sharing ideas to help you leverage the opportunities and successfully tackle the challenges you will encounter along your journey.
The term Level-Up in common culture is used most often in reference to succeeding in a video game. (Yes, my sons turned me on to this term!) One successfully develops a strategy for navigating the challenges of the current level and then is rewarded by a new set of yet unknown challenges and opportunities at the next level. The journey to more responsibility and accountability as you progress through the levels of your firm often feels quite similar to this gaming description, although in this case, it’s your career and livelihood at stake. There are no reset options and no added lives.
Planned topics and categories for the Level-Up—Career series include:
- Learning to lead at a new level
- Driving results that propel the organization
- Collaborating with other senior leaders
- Learning to navigate power and politics
- Growing your personal influence and power
- Building high-performance teams
- Learning to master the tools and language of strategy
- Developing your professional/executive presence
- Learning to serve as an executive sponsor for project teams
…and many others that I hope you’ll suggest in the course of our discussions.
Having lived this transition successfully, but not without mishap, I write these posts and this book in process from the voice of experience. I’ve also been blessed with some remarkable contributors, interview subjects and coaching clients who have taught me what it truly takes to strive, fail, learn and then succeed at roles of increasing responsibility.
For readers, you can expect ideas, encouragement, strong suggestions and the occasional metaphorical clubbing over the head on what to avoid. Consider this a road map for your journey to greater responsibility. I look forward to serving you on this journey!
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