When I interview managers today, I get excited about people who walk through the door having managed a wide range of teams for many years. You can tell very quickly that what they bring to the room is the kind of confidence and stability that says they’ve weathered a lot — times of scarcity and times of plenty — and they’re not going to be thrown off by a few storm clouds ahead.
Unintuitive Things I’ve Learned about Management (Part 1)
Julie Zhuo
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Many times, stability is a key success factor for a great manager, because the way you deal with bad times and good times is very hard and you have to be sober and stable, especially if you are leading by influence and not only people who are reporting directly to you.