Most of us have or will experience the classic post-promotion “freakout.” This crushing crisis of confidence leaves us wondering how we got here and whether we can handle our new responsibilities. Jodi Flynn, a leadership development expert with more than a decade of experience helping organizations with attracting, developing, and successfully promoting more women into senior levels of leadership, often helps clients through this transitional time and remembers well the feeling of navigating it herself.

In this episode, we sit down to explore the reasons behind this inevitable anxiety. We lay out a host of tips to help you navigate and manage these feelings, so you can embrace the boss you’re meant to be.

Feel empowered with Jodi’s practical and insightful ideas for navigating this new terrain:

• How to deal with the tedious intersection of gratitude and anxiety;
• How to shift your perspective by cultivating an inner boss identity;
• Why you owe it to your team and yourself to delegate;
• Why keeping up on self-care as a leader is more than just a nice-to-have.

Related Links:

• Follow Jodi on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodiflynn/
• Jodi’s podcast Women Taking the Lead - https://womentakingthelead.com/podcast/
• Jodi’s organization - https://womentakingthelead.com/
• Jodi’s book Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing - https://bookshop.org/p/books/accomplished-how-to-go-from-dreaming-to-doing-jodi-flynn/11327872?ean=9780692806975
• Jodi’s Leadership Operating System Inventory - https://womentakingthelead.com/leadership-abilities-inventory/
• Maine’s Women’s Conference - https://www.themainewomensconference.org/
• Massachusetts Conference of Women - https://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear - https://bookshop.org/p/books/atomic-habits-an-easy-proven-way-to-build-good-habits-break-bad-ones-james-clear/12117739?ean=9780735211292
• McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace Study - https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/diversity%20and%20inclusion/women%20in%20the%20workplace%202022/women-in-the-workplace-2022.pdf
• Academy of Management Journal Article - https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2016.0662
• Bossed Up Episode 426, Women of Color in Leadership and Trauma at Work - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode426
• Bossed Up Episode 437, The Succession Gap and the Growing Value of Your Leadership Aspirations - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode437
• Bossed Up Episode 407, How to Delegate Without Feeling so Bad About It - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode407
• My LinkedIn Learning Course, Coping With Your Impostor Syndrome To Build Your Career Confidence - https://www.linkedin.com/learning/coping-with-impostor-syndrome-to-build-career-confidence/feeling-like-a-fraud
• Level Up Leadership Accelerator - https://www.bossedup.org/levelup
• Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
• Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/