Your life changes, the first time that you become responsible for the performance of a group. When you were an individual contributor, you had pretty much complete control over what to do in order to achieve better results. As a manager, you’re now responsible for other people’s performance! Once you become responsible for a group of people and their performance, that control disappears and is replaced with persuasion and influence.
No matter what you may have read in management literature, leadership, management, and supervision are not about what you are, or the title you hold. They’re about your behaviour and the “roles” you play while working with others to accomplish something of importance to the organisation!
A good manager manages the present, are compliance driven, are efficient, do things right, enforce the policies and regulations of the organisation, train specific skills, perpetuate consistency and quality, follow the organisations vision and react to customer problems.
The good news is you don’t need to do it alone. You can draw upon the skills of professionals or consultants to assist you in your journey.
If you need assistance call me; I would love to assist.