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You're listening to the New 
Manager podcast. 

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I'm your host, Kim Nickel, and 
today is a little bit different.

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I had something to share that 
could not wait. 

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I wanted to get this to you as 
quickly as I could. 

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So I have decided I'm going to 
be teaching a class that I'm 

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calling leadership orientation. 
And leadership orientation is 

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one of the missing pieces when 
you move into the manager role 

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because leadership orientation 
is about getting clear on the 

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question, how do I know when I'm
doing a good job? 

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And the shift from individual 
contributor to now people 

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manager, no one tells you that 
those are totally different 

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jobs. 
And when you get promoted to be 

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a manager, it's usually because 
you're really good at being an 

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individual contributor. 
But because those jobs are so 

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different, you can feel like you
kind of walk off a Cliff into 

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open air, and there's this 
flailing of like, I don't know 

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what I'm doing. 
And the comfort of being good at

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the IC part of the work can be 
very attractive, very alluring. 

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But that's not what the job is 
when you're a manager. 

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And so there's this whole part 
of this leadership orientation 

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around how to clarify what does 
it mean to be a successful 

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leader? 
What does it mean for you, given

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who you are, your particular 
strengths, things about you that

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will make you successful in 
managing and leading? 

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I mean, so much of being a 
leader is arbitrary. 

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There are lots of different ways
to do it. 

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And I want you to feel more 
grounded and more self assured 

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in the way that you're leading 
and why so that you're not 

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trying to chase some vague or 
impossible standard, but 

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actually are feeling really 
grounded in your values, in your

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strengths and more confident in 
your particular leadership 

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style. 
So I'm decided I'm going to 

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teach a class on this. 
It will be on June 18th. 

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It will be for two hours. 
And I just prepared the course 

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page like just today. 
So I'm offering really friendly 

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pricing because there's not a 
lot of time for you to get 

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approval for your work. 
But I definitely recommend, if 

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you can ask your work to cover 
the cost of this professional 

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development experience, you 
should definitely do that. 

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But I know sometimes it can take
a while to go through the 

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approvals process, and I wanted 
to simplify that for you. 

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So I will put a link to the 
course in the show notes. 

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You can also go to my website, 
kimnickel.com to find the link 

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to it. 
It's called, again, leadership 

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orientation. 
I'm going to help you define 

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success, discover your personal 
leadership style so you can feel

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more authentic confidence. 
We're also going to do an 

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assessment in that class so you 
are able to identify your top 

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strengths. 
And we're also going to do a 

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values exercise to uncover and 
clarify the core values that are

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sitting beneath all of your 
decisions and all of your 

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choices. 
So I'm excited for this. 

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I know it's happening really 
soon, which is why I'm showing 

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up here at an unscheduled time. 
It's the first time I'm offering

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this. 
So I'm really excited to guide 

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you through this experience. 
And it's just one day. 

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It's just for two hours. 
So it won't take, you know, a 

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huge commitment. 
We're just going to get in, 

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we're going to get to it and 
then we're going to get, get 

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going, get on our way. 
So that's what I wanted to jump 

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in and share with you. 
Go to the show notes, find the 

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class, sign up and I will see 
you on June 18th. 

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Thanks so much for listening.