There are 5 pivotal promotions in our careers. How we perform in them determines how far we go. These are:
- First time manager
- Manager of managers
- Global or Cross Functional Leader
- Enterprise leader
- CXO
They are characterized by:
✅ Increasing size and scope
✅ Increasing complexity
✅ Increasing volume and diversity of stakeholders
✅ Increasing team and location complexity
✅ Increasing challenges (ahem… problems!) and Increasing Impact
Each of these promotions is complex and needs:
😰 New knowledge, skills & competencies
😰 Effective transition planning that sets you up for success
😰 Greater self awareness
😰 Leadership growth
😰 Overcoming your own barriers and limiting beliefs
No wonder HALF of all leadership transitions fail‼️😱
These promotions should come with ‘how to’ manuals, but they don’t. We are left on our own, to figure out the growth journey we need to undertake to be effective in the new role.
In this episode of Coaching ahas, Rahana shares a story of one such leader and her journey.
About Rahana Gittens:
Rahana Gittens is a highly reputable talent advisor and consultant with over 25 years of hands-on experience. Rahana’s career spans several, well-known private and publicly traded organizations, to include Whole Foods Market, The Home Depot and Ashley Stewart - with a niche focus on founder-led, culturally rich organizations. She is currently AVP of HR at Victoria’s Secret & Co.
Rahana is also owner of RBG Enterprise Consultants, LLC a company she started 3 years ago offering HR Consulting and Executive Coaching services focusing on accelerating growth of start-up companies and women leaders.
Rahana is a proud immigrant from Grenada and a graduate of Brooklyn College. She lives in NYC with her daughter Kalei and their pup, Kai.
About Shahana Banerjee:
I am an Executive Coach. I help leaders navigate through challenging points of inflection in their business, in their teams, their careers and their own leadership journey. Setup a 30 minute free intro call with me at https://justhuman.io
About Just Human:
Just Human (a boutique people consulting firm) is a growth accelerator for our clients. With over 5 decades of global HR experience, we partner with clients to maximize business results through human centered, ecosystem based people solutions. Visit us at https://justhuman.io/
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