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Looking for advice: I have some good news! I am getting a well earned "fresh start" with new management at work! However, I just want advice on how not to blow it and to best use it to my advantage career-wise?

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  1. Olivia Shanahan

    Keep up your high standards! It’s easy to get lost in the relationships factor but let your work speak for yourself. Show up to your 1-1s prepared and be ready to pitch new ideas. This is going to be great for you career wise assuming your boss is a good person so just work hard and forge a close relationship.

  2. Megan Leasher

    This is wonderful news! Demonstrating initiative, ambition, and desire to learn are all great things to do with your new manager. Also, offering to help your new manager with anything to help in their transition would also likely be well received. Best of luck!

  3. Anonymous

    Have the discussion of what you are working on and your roadmap or future goals. Ask if they align with what your new managerment is looking for or if you should shift priorities. Heading in the same business direction as your new management lets them know you can adapt and respect where they want to bring the team and company. Also let them know your professional goals or at least be ready to discuss so they know you are invested in your career. Establish an idea of what's important to them and how they like to communicate. A fresh start is great. Open lines of communication with their goals and values will let them know you are open to conversations and you respect their opinion and ideas.

  4. Anonymous

    Listen, be responsive, be thoughtful and be proactive.

  5. Anonymous

    Treat it as a restart if you can. Get to know them. Listen, proactive, make connections. Pivot if needed. Ask open ended questions and follow best practices for management/work place dynamics.

    If there's an underlying concern from previous management, you may wish to leverage EAP or counselor services to talk through unlearning habits. I'm not saying this is your scenario, just highlighting that mental health is important and some people have had really bad management experiences and don't want those habits to continue, but want to learn more on their own how to shed the past. Food for thought.

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