Welcome to From Struggle to Success: Rethinking the New Manager Experience
The shift from individual contributor to manager is one of the toughest transitions in any career. Yet research shows:
🔹 Stress is surging - 71% of leaders report a significant rise in stress since stepping into their role, driven by lack of time and mounting expectations.
🔹 Trust is collapsing - Confidence in immediate managers has dropped from 46% to just 29% in two years - now even lower than trust in senior leaders.
🔹 The pipeline is at risk - More than half of Gen Z professionals say they don’t want middle-management roles, viewing them as “high stress, low reward.”
We think we can do better.
✨ That’s why we’re hosting this 60-minute interactive session: What Do New Managers Really Need to Succeed?
This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about starting the conversation: bringing together HR, L&D, and managers with lived experience to share perspectives, surface the big questions, and shape new research.
In this session you’ll:
📊 Gain insights from our work with hundreds of new managers - what really works (and what doesn’t!)
💬 Share your stories, reflections, and perspectives to enrich and expand our collective research
👥 Connect with peers tackling similar challenges and explore your own priorities together
🔮 Help steer our ongoing research, contribute to filling the gaps, and get early access to emerging findings
