Management Skills - Managing your previous colleague
(poacher turned gamekeeper syndrome)
Promotion is usually something to be celebrated but it’s no secret that many individuals feel that making the transition from colleague – and possibly friend – to boss is one that must be carefully trod if all the unexpected emotions and fears are to be kept in check and corporate politics negotiated.
Expert leadership training for managing change best
Susie Mitchell is an experienced business coach and she has vast experience in management development. She has helped numerous individuals in Cheshire, the North West, Midlands and nationally in managing change, coping with corporate politics and making the transition from peer to boss – also known as ‘poacher turned gamekeeper syndrome’.
Leadership training as part of your overall management development can smooth your path.
Managing your previous colleague (poacher turned gamekeeper syndrome) is undeniably daunting. As an adept business coach, Susie can help make managing your previous colleague a gear change that is easier to negotiate than you’d allowed yourself to believe. Proven corporate development strategies and management development and personal development techniques can be applied to help you make the leap.
Learn about managing change to best effect
Many a former colleague in Cheshire, the North West, Midlands and nationally facing tricky corporate politics has turned to the skills of business coach Susie for mentoring and assistance in managing change.
Take the lead with targeted leadership training
Recognising that you wish to be respected, remain popular and be good in your new role, Susie’s business coach expertise can help you see how best to manage the transition by understanding how your actions or behaviours may be perceived by those around you.
Personal development in your leadership training may cover the ‘new boss’ personas lurking in your sub-conscious. Are you behaving as the ‘chosen one’ for instance? Are you bleating that it’s ‘tough at the top’ to try and retain your former friendships and camaraderie?
Only an expert business coach can provide personal development and corporate development guidance to help you achieve the right balance between boss and buddy, and embrace the change in the most beneficial way for you and your former colleagues.
If you are about to, or have recently begun to face the potentially rocky road of managing previous colleagues (poacher turned gamekeeper syndrome) and you are based anywhere in Cheshire, the North West, Midlands or nationally, whatever your business field, Susie would be happy to assist.
Discover the art of corporate politics management. Please contact us to book an appointment now.