As a manager, you now have more people to manage. This is a fact and perhaps a burden, but also an opportunity.
To be a true leader, in the most humanistic sense of the term, managing your team is your most important new responsibility. To do this effectively, you need to understand and appreciate the culture of your team, as well as the wider organization. You need to be able to work with, and within, this environment, but also be equipped and prepared to set the tone, which may mean breaking some rules. Welcoming and valuing diversity will help develop and elevate your team's creativity, productivity, and ability to solve complex problems together.
There are three practical things you can do to manage your team most effectively. Free up your time, exhibiting a true approachability, and using the most appropriate elements of radical transparency to bring your...