Being Struck ? Want to move forward from being a Individual Contributor, Here something you can do !
Isaac John J
Founder, Neural Coder AI | AI & Automation Strategist | Helping Businesses Scale with Cutting-Edge Tech
The article in TOI today- Pg 16 read which had some valuable insights on why people are struck in senior level roles and not being promoted to the leadership roles.
The very important point to understand why people are being kept in the technical and execution roles are, because they are good at it but being there would only involve some technical activities and those usual works which they carry out. Here’s the play of skills that most of us ignore, horning your technical skills may put you ahead in the domain but having a soft landing without a glitch will demand more than technical expertise.
The key to unlock those doors which have treasures such a growth, being a people’s manager and so on is the soft skills part, that which is widely ignore and forgotten.
If you need to be a leader, it’s important that you demonstrate a certain critical competencies that would build trust among your teammates and the management that you would be the right fit for the next big move that would put you ahead.
Here are some things that you might want to consider doing and be the person who exhibits traits what your senior management looks for to promote you to a leadership role.
1. Be a problem solver.
2. Exhibit traits of emotional intelligence.
3. Good Interpersonal Skills.
4. A confident conflict manager.
5. Team player
6. Mentor and a good coach.
In order to get better, find a coach who can help you and the team either from an internal source or through an external source with the help of your management, attend some training sessions scheduled by the organization if those are not happening, you might want to ask for it. Reading helps you gain knowledge and implementing them needs some serious training, coaching and mentoring.
Its not bad to ask for help when you need it and never settle for where you are. Move forward with help and there are so much of willing hearts that would be glad to help you through the transition.
Seek Help, transit and move ahead by conquering your inhibitions. Let me know your thoughts on these.