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Mastering the art of wearing many hats

Mastering the art of wearing many hats

When you step into a new management role, it can be a lot to balance: loads of stakeholders, team members eager to have an impact, your boss looking for wins, and your own tasks on top of that!

Elena Grahovac knows exactly how this feels. As both Engineering Manager and Product Manager for her team at GetYourGuide, she's constantly working in a complex environment, juggling a lot of balls.

That's why she uses a responsibility mind map technique to dig into her areas of responsibility.

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Step 1: The center of it all

Step 1: The center of it all

Starting from the center of your mind map, ask yourself.

"What am I responsible for?"

For Elena, her first level nodes are:

  • Myself
  • My team
  • Business impact
  • Relationships with other Engineering
  • Managers
  • Technical excellence of my team's...

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Step 3: Evaluate the supporting elements

Step 3: Evaluate the supporting elements

Take a look at your final nodes and evaluate your confidence in each responsibility on a scale of 1 to 10. Then ask yourself, "What can support me to keep this area successful?" The answer to this question may be:

  • Processes
  • Tools
  • Techniques
  • Questions
  • ...

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Use this when…

👤You've stepped into a new role

🤹‍♀️You're struggling to balance responsibilities

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This will enable you to ...

🔍 Identify and improve your self-management skills

🚨Avoid feeling overwhelmed and stay on top of it all

👷Build a system that helps you juggle all your responsibilities

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Step 2: Breaking it down

Step 2: Breaking it down

Next, you can work on expanding your mind map. Breaking down each node will allow you to take a deeper look at where your skill gaps are and will also help you visualize the breadth of your responsibilities.

Add in the high-level responsibilities for all areas, and then keep narrowing down ...

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Leveraging your mind map

Leveraging your mind map

Over time, you may find that your mind map begins to change! Maybe your team becomes responsible for a new project, or you get promoted. You can redo and adjust your mind map as you like, but try to do this exercise at least once per quarter!

Your mind map can also be a great way to support...

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Step 4: Action items

Step 4: Action items

You should now have a wide overview of all of your responsibilities and processes.

For any areas you rated below a 6, ask yourself,

"What next steps can I take to get more support?"

Come back once a month and re-rate each area to see how well you've been able to improve o...

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Mastering the Art of Wearing Many Hats

Mastering the Art of Wearing Many Hats

Step 1: The center of it all

Step 2: Breaking it down

Step 3: Evaluate the supporting

Step 4: Action items

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Use this mind map technique to get clarity on all of your responsibilities.

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