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Becoming a New Manager

In: DANCING ON THE EDGE OF GREATNESS Making Leadership Personal

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  • SOPHIA CHIN

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Richard started his career as a one-man IT (Information Technology) department for the New Zealand office of a multinational organization, responsible for making sure everyone’s laptops and emails work 24/7. He would write long emails to the Asia Pacific regional boss based in Singapore, articulating potential problems and proposing new service improvements. Some of them must have been half-decent because they were actually implemented, like the helpdesk ticketing system. One of Richard’s email tirades must have titillated his boss’s curiosity. Richard’s boss offers him a job in his regional team and relocate to Singapore to roll out his idea on a much larger scale across Asia Pacific. This is a huge jump in responsibility. Richard is going from an independent contributor role to a manager role leading 30 people with three direct reports.

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  • Sophia Chin, 2023. "Becoming a New Manager," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: DANCING ON THE EDGE OF GREATNESS Making Leadership Personal, chapter 12, pages 191-197, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811251214_0012
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    Keywords

    Leadership; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Personal Development; Creativity; Motivation; Management; Human Resources;
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    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior

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