Promotions in the time of COVID – landing the big jump into a new role, while never leaving the room.
The many challenges and uncertainties of 2020 highlight the criticality of strong leadership. While the cadence of hiring and promotion have been slowed, companies continue to place new leaders into high impact roles.
Knowing the challenges leaders typically face when making “big jumps” into high impact roles, 2020 has layered on an additional dimension to master: virtual leadership. How does one successfully move into a role of significantly larger responsibility when all relationships are formed by phone, email or video? How does a leader in a key role align, inspire and drive a team to execute well when there are no personal interactions? How do they build trust remotely with key stakeholders across and outside of the organization?
ProjectNext Leadership conducted a recent study which focused on the unique challenges of leaders in high impact roles. They include:
Influencing a larger stakeholder group
Providing clear and quick direction in complex situations
Bringing others along to enact change
Leveraging the expertise of their team
Making quick and effective decisions with limited information
So, how do these capabilities play out in