Navigating a Leadership Transition: What No One Tells You
You got the promotion — or the new title, the expanded scope, the seat at a different table. And somewhere between the announcement and the first few weeks in the role, you started wondering why no one told you it would feel like this.
Not bad, exactly. Just different from what you expected. There’s an unease you can’t quite name — a gap between how confident you’re supposed to look and how uncertain you actually feel.
That’s normal. It’s also something most leadership books skip right past.
Here’s what actually tends to happen — and what might help.