The Ups and Downs of Being a First-Time Manager | Women at Work | Podcast

Harvard Business Review · Oct 15, 2026 · 52m

Learning to lead other people is a stressful stretch assignment. Much of that stress stems from the misconceptions many people bring into the job. They think they know what the role will entail, and then they start doing the work and realize they don’t know what they’ve gotten themselves into. Gender bias often makes the transition more painful for women since a lot of people, unfortunately, still don’t see us as cut out for leadership, even if they’d never say so to our face.

Uploaded 19-10-22

Three women who’ve recently moved into management speak candidly about being newly in charge of…