The Ups and Downs of Being a First-Time Manager

Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

Entrepreneurship, Workplace, Business/management, Business/entrepreneurship, Progress, Resources, Gender, Equality, Business/careers, Women, Hbr, Careers, Management, Business, Harvard, Human

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When managing other people for the first time, what should we expect, and how can we prepare? Three new managers describe their growing pains, reflect on what they find most rewarding, and talk through their latest challenges — with an assist from Amy B’s managerial wisdom. You’ll come away with a better idea of what becoming a boss means and confident that you can do it too.

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0:00.0	Once your business gets to a certain size, the cracks start to emerge.
0:05.0	Things you used to do in a day take a week.
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0:27.0	AmyB, remind me how long you've been a manager.
0:30.0	I have been a manager for about 30 years.
0:36.0	It's a long time.
0:37.0	28 years?
0:38.0	Yeah.
0:39.0	And have you managed both people and projects that told us?
0:43.0	Both, and they were inseparable.
0:45.0	I mean, so projects, it was managing a section of a magazine.
0:48.0	That sort of thing.
0:49.0	Right.
0:50.0	Did you find one more challenging being responsible for a project
0:54.0	for the first time or being responsible for someone else?
0:57.0	Well, managing people is infinitely more challenging.
1:02.0	Getting a project done has a beginning, middle, and an end.
1:07.0	And then it's over.
1:08.0	But managing people is ongoing and the sense of responsibility
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