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Congratulations to Gary Payne and his amazing 8+ years with Odgers Berndtson. Gary was one of our first placements after starting JGA Partners, and he has made incredible contributions throughout the years. https://lnkd.in/gMbPM3rw
I was recently reflecting on high level themes that I have learned over the past few years as I've continued on with my fulfilling Executive Coaching career. One of the themes that has come to my attention is what I have seen with a surprising number of prominent, long time, senior level executives who have been struggling mightily with several aspects of their leadership for many, many years. As we investigated their experiences, there has been a common awareness that the genesis of their struggles began right at the very beginning of their leadership journey...when they were promoted the first time from Individual Contributor to Leader of a team. Imagine this...a world renowned, skilled solo virtuoso violinists all of a sudden being "promoted" and handed the conductor baton and asked to conduct a full symphony. In all likelihood, the success or failure of that performance would not be due to the leadership of the newly promoted conductor but on the individual talent levels of the artists in the orchestra. It is not a difficult assumption to think that the newly promoted conductor would struggle mightily in the various leadership aspects of the role and immediately recognize the difficulty of the complex "symphony" of leadership challenges. I wrote the following piece to help unravel the challenges that is faced by individual contributors turned to leaders, exploring the "crescendo" of responsibilities and the delicate dance of leading a harmonious, well functioning team. I hope you find it of value. #executivecoaching