I'm fairly sure my anxieties are unfounded. I've been in my job for 2 months. As in typing this, I see how silly it is. But it also makes me feel better to get it out. I'm your typical high achiever, feel the need to do it the best, like feedback, like to see progress. My new vp seems supportive and we meet twice per week. She's all business whereas I can be more casual.
I moved from a director role at the regional company to a director role at a multinational company. Huge scope by comparison now. I'm having a hard time with how much inner workings I don't understand. The company's structure and internal processes are incredibly convoluted. Two problems: A) it's hard for me to understand things when I can't visualize them and B) I now how an extra layer of mgmt between me and the ground, so I don't get really familiar with the inner workings. It's also a part of the business that is new to me, so it's not just unfamiliarity with the company I'm struggling with. I keep a list of questions based on emails and meetings and sometimes I don't even understand the explanations!
How do you adjust to moving up a level? I was a confident leader of people and programs before. Now I'm stressed. And how do you gauge your own progress when you're in a structure that makes it difficult to measure? It's a new role so we are all figuring it out.
The other half of my job, I feel very confident about. Even when facing turnover, a lot of staff and mgr coaching, and building s program from the ground up, I feel confident it can be done. It's actually less tangible and measurable, but Ive done it before.