Yesterday’s colleague, today’s manager: the relationship won’t be the same, and it’s better said openly than left to guesswork.
You may have been waiting a long time for this promotion. But managing people who were your peers only yesterday changes everything: your relationship with each of them, how you see decisions, even the judgments you used to make about your own manager. This module shows you how to handle this transition as an adult, and why you won’t have to do it alone.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Stepping Into a Management RoleAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- the ten-minute conversation that clarifies the relationship with an old friend
- the three questions to ask in listening one-on-ones during your first thirty days
- a few pointers for the team too, to help a former colleague turned manager
Who it’s for
Managers newly promoted within their own team, and team members who see a colleague become their manager.
Learning objectives
- State openly how your relationship with a former colleague has changed, while preserving respect and fairness toward the whole team.
- Acknowledge to your team that a manager has a broader perspective than a team member, instead of acting as if nothing has changed.
- Ask your team and your own manager openly for help in getting through the first months.
- Lay the foundations for the first weeks: thirty days of observation, listening one-on-ones, and a symbolic gesture to mark the start.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
