Episode 189: A Manager’s Checklist for Moving into Senior Leadership (Part 4 of Leadership Mastery for Managers Series)
Welcome to the concluding episode of the Leadership Mastery for Managers series on the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast. While it’s not detrimental to listen to the first three episodes before this one, we highly recommend you check them out after so you can connect and apply all your learnings at work.
- Episode 186: 5 Strategies to Design Your Leadership Growth Pathway
- Episode 187: Manager vs. Leader: These 7 Skills Will Set You Apart
- Episode 188: Meaningful Management: How to Lead and Work with Purpose
Now, in episode 189, Finka Jerkovic double-clicks on another key finding from the Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast: 66% of respondents want a promotion or to move into new role in the next 12-18 months.
If you’re in the same boat and want to move into a more senior level this year, then this episode is for you. Finka highlights a checklist of seven habits you can start right now to prime yourself for this opportunity:
- Get clear on and own your Brilliant Difference.
- Come clean about your weaknesses.
- Make your managers, senior leaders, and colleagues the heroes.
- Pitch, pitch, pitch.
- Master the art of being a storyteller speaker.
- Always have a project on the side of your desk.
- Become a centre of influence.
What does each habit look like at work
and how can you start putting them into action? Tune in to find out!
What You’ll Learn:
- The mindset you need to acquire for senior leadership.
- How being aware of your weaknesses brightens your Brilliant Difference.
- How to flip from “what’s in it for me” to “what’s in it for them.”
- The importance of pitching initiatives within your company.
- How to pitch ideas.
- What a side project is and how it can 10x your impact.
- What being a centre of influence means.
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