Are There Moments When You Should Just Start Leading?

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Being able to get your boss or your manager to explicitly show your support and have that person helpe get byan from those peers now direct reports is a way of setting up conditions to hope you be more successful. I think there's so much more that we can each do every day to bring a different level of strategic thinking to the work we do. So i the world of possibilities to demonstrate a higher order of leadership is available to all of us at every moment, whether somebody gives us permission or not? Ye, how do you stay i know we all have those moments of of doubt. We talk about impostor sindram on the show. But if you are a leader,

Once you’ve committed to a leadership role — formally and officially or simply in your mind and heart — getting everyone else at work to buy in requires relationship management. How do you successfully shift the role you’re playing on your team? What sorts of conversations help clear the way? Which steps shouldn’t you skip? Is this transformation harder to make over Zoom?

To address these questions, we revisit a 2019 interview with two leadership development experts — essential listening for any woman who’s ready to step up — and share an update on how their advice applies in the context of remote and hybrid work.

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Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins are the founders of the executive coaching and leadership development firm Paravis Partners. They co-wrote the book Own the Room, and Amy is the author of The Leader You Want to Be. Muriel hosts the HBR Presents podcast Coaching Real Leaders.

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