I have been given a role which reports to the CEO. My team is now part of a medium sized department in a company of hundreds of people.
I have always worked with small teams, and always either as a low stakes employee reporting to a manager or as a founder where 5-10 people report directly to me in a friendly and transparent way.
I need help navigating this new world in multiple aspects. How to effectively report to a busy non-founder CEO? DO's and DONT's of the dreaded office politics? How to make sure I show the value of my work, and my team's work within the acquirer, without being too pushy?
Dozens of questions come to mind, and surely there will be lots of unknown unknowns.
What would your advice be?
Is there any book or course that you can recommend?
- In a large corporation there are many transversal departments, (legal, HR, accounting, PR, marketing). Make sure you understand what they wait from you. Tell to the right persons that you work with them.
- Get some access to the grapevine.
- Understand who your peers are, their personal history, their ambitions.
- Keep your ambitions within what is possible in real life, even if other people ask you to take risks.
- In a large corporation there are always undercurrents, such as unions for workers, extra work activities for the management, make sure you are aware of them and that they are not hostile.