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You’ve Been Promoted, Now What? 9

List your top two to four challenges here:

The challenges we have just looked at can often create situations in which
there are problems that, if unresolved, can derail newly promoted leaders. Let’s
take a look at these problems.

FREQUENTLY CITED PROBLEMS THAT DERAIL
NEWLY PROMOTED LEADERS
■ Confusion over one’s “appointment charter”; that is, confusion over what
is really expected of you
■ Failure to identify stakeholders and build key partnerships
■ Learning the role too slowly
■ Failure to mesh with the existing culture or conversely to build the type
of culture that is needed
■ Unresolved differences with other key individuals in the organization
■ Overuse of, or overreliance on, existing professional or managerial
strengths
■ Having to rely on previously untested skills or flaws
■ Failure to deliver on performance expectations
■ Failure to achieve the necessary integration between work and
personal life

But wait. There is good news . . . very good news! You can take powerful
steps to effectively deal with the newly promoted leader dilemma. Here are 12
practices that are at the heart of successful transitions for you and other newly
promoted leaders.