People often ask me for advice when they move to a manager of managers role. This post covers ten things to consider. I’ll describe a number of things that surprised me, some skills to focus on building, and some tips for navigating this phase of your career.
Being a Director Is a Very Different Job
First of all, the move to being a director was a bigger change for me than I expected. I thought managing managers would be similar to managing engineers. That was naive.