You were the best at the work. Then you got promoted, and suddenly the job is about other people, not your own output, and nobody hands you a manual.
Leadership coach Alicia Rius unpacks why the move from individual contributor to manager is a career change, not a reward, why it can feel like grieving your old identity, and the honest conversations that help you lead with clarity, not burnout.
About the Guest:
Alicia Rius is a leadership coach who helps first-time managers lead with clarity. She built her career leading multicultural teams across Barcelona and Amsterdam, co-founded a startup, and wrote Lead With Clarity.
Key Takeaways:
- A promotion is a career change, not a reward. Your value shifts from personal output to collective output.
- What got you here won't get you there. The work that earned the promotion is what you must release.
- New managers stay inconsistent because the old way feels safe, and that back-and-forth quietly unsettles the team.
- The hard part of management is human, not technical. Have the honest conversation instead of avoiding it.
- Pick one habit that's getting in your way this week, let it go, and focus on the next step.
Connect With the Guest:
Episode Chapters (approx.):
[00:00] The Job Nobody Prepares You For: the leap from doing the work to leading the people
[00:45] From Copywriter to Team Lead: Alicia's path from Barcelona to Amsterdam
[06:30] A Career Change, Not a Reward: where your value comes from once you manage
[10:30] "You Are a Speed Train": the feedback that humbled a high performer
[16:00] Grieving the High Performer: why new managers feel inconsistent and lost
[20:00] The Leadership Triangle: three conversations that build clarity and credibility
[28:00] One Thing to Try This Week: lead well, lead human
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