HR director · Coaching
She stopped waiting for permission, and started leading.
An HR director was juggling competing priorities and tight deadlines, with a leader and internal clients who didn’t value her time. She was doing good work, but waiting for her boss’s go-ahead before moving things forward.
We worked on stepping fully into her role: setting the agenda, booking meetings directly with stakeholders and taking charge of her projects, safely, and exactly as her boss expected her to. Her confidence and her influence grew quickly.
At the next annual promotion round, she was a top contender for senior director, and she got the role.