How to Survive Your First Year as a Manager?

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/qP7YnFOcR4s

Surviving your first year as a manager is never easy

In this conversation, Dr Pavan Soni, Author of Design Your Career and Faculty at IIM Bangalore, shares what new managers really need to get through that tough first year.

His advice is practical and straight to the point:

• Build three essential skills big picture thinking, clear communication, and courage to let go

• Give feedback that is factual and clear instead of sugarcoated

• Communicate upward, downward and across while sharing bad news quickly

• Test your success by checking if you can take a vacation without your phone buzzing