How did your mindset shift when you transitioned from Manager to Director?
Hi! A bit of the background: I've been in a Senior Manager role for a couple of years (managed 50+ org), my supervisor decided to put me on the road to the Director role (for a 150 + org). But at that time I decided I didn't want to pursue this role, I preferred something more hands-on, so I moved to another company. And now I'm going the same road again -- I'm on the prep for the Director role 😄But this time I decided "let's get it on" (I once learned the hard way one doesn't simply refuse the offers in corporate).
Problem is that I'm a simple man, I don't like politics, I can't read between the lines, I'm not good at playing games. I'm reliable, easy to work with, good at building relations, empathetic, communicative, etc., this is probably what builds trust in me and makes (most of) my supervisors bet on me.
So now I'm in a place where I need to better understand how to turn from operationally effective manager to somebody who belongs to other Directors, with all that "executive presence".
How did your midset change when you moved to Director role, what did you change deliberately and what changed by itself?
