I have so many thoughts on taking a new role (these are based on my career pivot to a whole new function/sector in the last year), but here are just a few: Use the enthusiastic newcomer status to ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS. I wanted to quickly learn a ton and know how to do things right, and this also helped me to build the confidence to start proposing new approaches.
But how to ask all the questions without constantly pinging rando chat messages or emails to people? We ended up setting regular office hours where I could just save up all of my Q's to discuss, and it made for lots of great convos while also ensuring I didn't feel like I was interrupting other colleagues.
Also, I love what being exposed to so much "new-ness" does to the brain, the joy of learning and discovery and everything suddenly clicking.
I have so many thoughts on taking a new role (these are based on my career pivot to a whole new function/sector in the last year), but here are just a few: Use the enthusiastic newcomer status to ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS. I wanted to quickly learn a ton and know how to do things right, and this also helped me to build the confidence to start proposing new approaches.
But how to ask all the questions without constantly pinging rando chat messages or emails to people? We ended up setting regular office hours where I could just save up all of my Q's to discuss, and it made for lots of great convos while also ensuring I didn't feel like I was interrupting other colleagues.
Also, I love what being exposed to so much "new-ness" does to the brain, the joy of learning and discovery and everything suddenly clicking.
Dame Sharon White! what an amazing interview, great reco
Point 3. ‘Nuff said.