Feb 16

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249. Three Shifts from IC to Manager and...

Kim Nicol

About this episode

When you're an IC, your focus is on execution. But as you rise to manager and leader, this must shift.

Three things managers and leaders focus on, instead of trying to be the best at executing tasks:

Making decisions.
Building relationships.
Creating a vision -- and communicating it so that others can see how they fit into it.

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