You’ve Been Promoted to Manager! Now Master the Job with These 5 Leadership Traits

Most managers have a healthy sense of confidence and ambition. But those traits alone won’t get you far in your first management role if you can’t lead employees. That’s why an assessment of five key management traits is key before day one on the job. And it’s up to the new manager to make that assessment. “Brand-new managers should take the time to be measured in their approach,” said Rhiannon Gibbs, director at U.K.-based Ad Esse, a management consulting firm. “Often, new managers think they have something to prove, so they jump quickly into their first big initiative with little or no understanding of how things operate in the workplace and what problems need solving.”