If you’re doing your job well as a leader, then you’re going to grow your team and yourself. That means that people are going to grow out of your team into new roles on new teams. And one of those people will eventually be you. You’re going to grow out of that leadership role. 

But how well you handle the transition—how well you step down from a leadership position and enter the new one—is going to have a big effect on your future leadership.

In this episode, we’ll outline how to step down from a leadership position professionally. We’ll cover how to quit in a way that respects your team, sets them up for success, and helps you enter your new position well.

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While the promise of this article is that you’ll have resigned professionally, you’ll find that these steps also help you resign legally. Because they help you say good-bye to your team humanely. You said good-bye in a way that helped them mourn what was and focus on the future—a future where you and they are setup to do your best work ever.

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//ABOUT DAVID

He is the best-selling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, the BBC, NPR, and CBS This Morning. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. As a sought-after international speaker, his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He’s worked with leaders from organizations across all industries including Google, Stryker, Fidelity, Viacom, and even the US Naval Academy.

A former business school professor, Burkus holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.

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