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In professional services firms, many managers never really set out to become managers. They trained as surveyors, architects, solicitors, engineers, consultants or technical specialists, and for a long time their career progression was based on being very good at the job in front of them. They knew their subject, they delivered for clients, they...
I recently carried out a poll asking what felt hardest about managing people right now?
Whilst accidental managers exist in the wider general corporate world and the professional services industry (built environment, real estate, town planning) there are a few different impacts, constraints and risks to each.
Did I ever bring my whole self to work?
Worzel Gummidge, the beloved scarecrow who swapped "heads" depending on the challenge, gives us a wonderfully playful metaphor for understanding personality energy at work.
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