Succeeding in a Top Job

• Your peers feel they lost? Win them over.
• Use a "we" attitude...avoid gloating!
• Don't let it go to your head...you'll need support.
• Let "losers" for the job know what you value them for...not as minions, obviously, but as partners.
• Listen and try to understand their needs and how you can form alliances with them for mutual success.

On top or
headed for a fall?

• Balance learning from your new peers with showing them what you can do.
• Identify your key internal customers...other than your new boss.
• Show more interest in issues important to your higher level peers.
• Manage your anxiety so that you avoid excessively short term actions.
• Think about how you can help your boss look good.
• Develop any change agendas in conjunction with key stakeholders.
• Don't present fully developed ideas simply to prove yourself.

See also the ''new broom'' syndrome - the tendency to sweep aside team members that come with your new job.

How's your confidence today? See also: How to Get Promoted and An Engaged Employee's Career.