My latest piece on Inc.com was 6 Ways to Win Friends and Influence People as a New Manager
It starts a bit like:
Call it the New Sheriff in Town Syndrome.
You’re a new manager at an established company or your own startup. You think of yourself as a fixer, so you quickly set out to implement changes or new processes, often bringing in ideas from your old company.
Whoops.
While making improvements should be the goal of any manager, you need to be careful. It’s easy to come across as over-aggressive and disruptive, and you could end up alienating many of your colleagues.