Is There a Balance Between Lead and Learn?

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As you get a broader view of the organization, you're trying to make connections between departments or units or different initiatives. So sometimes it's even about asking questions like, how does this impact so and so's project? Or, how are these two things connected? And in fact, one of the exercises that i really like to give clients is, as you are stepping into a bigger rol or a new role, what is the percentage of lead and percentage of learn that you need to have as an equation?

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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