The Mistakes That Made Me a Low-Performing Leader (and How You Can Avoid Them)

I never expected to make big mistakes. I am confident, driven, and diligent in learning. I seek feedback regularly and make improvements.

However, as a new manager, I didn’t have a lot of opportunity switching between different teams. I also underestimated the gap between each organization and team. When I made one of my first switches, I thought that patterns that worked for one team would work effectively for another.

The truth is: Without a proper onboarding plan, it could be a disaster.

Today, let me share this story and explain how you can do better than I did.

The Story

An Exciting New Project

The story started when I moved to a new company as an Engineering Manager. I was excited, confident, and could not wait to make a change.

And then one big development project came in. The scale was huge. It was a brand new product line on top of the existing system. We had to work together with 20 other teams.

“It is my time to shine 🤩!” I thought. I could not wait to deliver it and demonstrate m…