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Management is a lot more about relationships - try to get 1:1s with your manager, their manager, and their manager. Show up to the 1:1s with good questions, ask to audit leadership meetings/summits, start to send out proposals to improve how the team works rather than what to work on.

What I didn't really realize is that 9/10 if you ask people for their help, they'll usually give it. So if you just ask, "hey can I goto the leadership summit?" They'll say no. But if you ask, "Hey I'm trying to understand what a management direction for my role might like and I think I would learn a lot from the discussions at the leadership summit, do you think I could tag along - maybe virtually- for a day or two?" - They'll probably say yes and throw out an invite. Now you're in the room and can build relationships with the leaders that decide the next manager. (or wisely learn attending these types of meetings isn't what you want to be doing)



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