I don’t mean the title\u00a0to sound snobby, but so much of what you hear is about mentors and sponsors…who typically are more senior than you.\u00a0 I\u00a0find there is tremendous value in those people who are lower in the organization who are high performers, tell you the truth, and can be trusted to have a conversation. (Here’s my litmus test: would I hire them if I left the organization?\u00a0 If the answer is yes, they are probably someone I trust).<\/p>\n
Often my conversations with more junior people tend to be about the questions they want to ask: about career, awkward situations, difficult people. What I have found to be interesting is their perspective on how things are going: what’s working, what needs improvement. “If there was one thing they could change, what would it be?” is the question I often ask if they seem reticent.<\/p>\n
It’s easy\u00a0as you get more\u00a0senior to lose touch with organization: the higher you are, the more people want to please you by telling you what they think you want to hear. It’s important to have those people in the organization who you trust to give you their perspective. Chances are, it’s closer to reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don’t mean the title\u00a0to sound snobby, but so much of what you hear is about mentors and sponsors…who typically are more senior than you.\u00a0 I\u00a0find there is tremendous value in those people who are lower in the organization who are high performers, tell you the truth, and can be trusted to have a conversation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-be-a-good-manager"],"yoast_head":"\n