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title: How Successful Leaders Adjust to New Roles
description: When leaders are put into new roles, they use previous tactics that were used in their previous roles and it doesn’t translate well.
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Insights & NewsInsights August 9, 2021
# How Successful Leaders Adjust to New Roles
Have you witnessed someone in a new leadership role struggle to adjust? Oftentimes when leaders are put into a new role, they try to use previous tactics and mindsets that were used in their previous role and it doesn’t translate well. In this video series, we tackle the complex topic of adapting to new leadership roles through a discussion about The Leader Ladder.
In this video, I will introduce you to the idea of the leader ladder and begin with the basics of the leader ladder and adapting to new leadership roles.
Building on the basics, we will talk about how each promotion in an organization can require you to change your job and your mindset and what that may look like.
To close out the series, we will discuss the common complexities that surround the leader ladder.
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