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Move from informal leadership to formal leadership

Move from informal leadership to formal leadership

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Move from informal leadership to formal leadership

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- Informal leadership sets the stage for formal leadership. Your ability to inspire teammates, drive results through others, and make an impact without the title of boss is one of the biggest predictors of leadership success. Before we dive into how to use informal leadership to springboard into formal leadership, let me make one thing clear. It's perfectly valid not to want to be a people manager. Formal leadership and informal leadership have some overlap, and while having the card of boss may make some things easier, it makes a lot of things harder. If you don't truly want to be a people manager, the odds of being a good one are low, so it's okay to pass. But if formal leadership is something you desire, there are a few steps you can take to speed up the timeline and accelerate your success when you're there. First, openly state that you would like to be a people leader. Not everyone does, and no one can read your mind. If you want a management role, after you've been enrolled for…

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