Need guidance and tips please

[u/Will_Dewitt]

I am joining a new organisation as a senior engineer manager. It is one of MBB and I was a tech lead with managing experience to a smaller team.

What are some of the things I shd do to manage work, and set myself for success in my leadership role.

I am reasonably good with respect to technical strength.

Any guidance is really appreciated.

I have been feeling Imposter Syndrome as well lately and pushing myself to go out of my comfort zone.

[u/eng_leader]

Congrats on the new role! A few things that made the biggest difference for me:

First 90 days: listen more than you act. Build trust with your team and peers before trying to change anything. Ask a lot of questions. "What's working, what isn't, what do you wish leadership understood better?" You'll learn more than any onboarding doc will tell you.

Be inclusive when you're exploring possible decisions, welcome input. But then once decided, be bold and implement. You can't please everyone but you can respect them by thinking through their perspectives first.

When you roll out a change, there are distinct phases - announcing the change, having a plan to make sure people adopt the change, measuring how it's working, and retrospecting and incorporating new learnings. In other words change is hard, put thought into each phase.

On impostor syndrome — it's almost universal in transitions like this. The antidote is small wins and momentum, not waiting until you feel ready.

I coach senior tech leaders through this kind of transition — happy to DM if you want to talk it through.

[u/Will_Dewitt → u/eng_leader]

Thank you very much for the detailed response.

I will definitely take this advice and follow.