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Being the best at what you do at your job is one thing, becoming management is a whole different beast. One could be the best at their job but a crappy manager.
Having to give people direction, have meetings about their lack of performance, and other personnel issues is absolutely the number one worst part of the job. It's a completely different set of skills you have to either learn, or get out of management.
Looking at the companies you have worked with, have you ever seen upper corporate management be buddy buddy with co workers that aren't also in the upper corp management? I know I haven't. Unless it's your own company most upper mgt expects you to be pretty straight and to the point with employees under you from my experience at least.
Coming from the bottom and making buddies with most of your co workers and then becoming their boss is extremely difficult for most. It almost feels sometimes you have to pick friendship, or career. You would think most employees would respect what you have to do but unfortunately that is not always the case.
Congrats on your new promotion and keep us updated with how it goes! Sounds like you have a pretty good grasp on what they expect from the meeting.
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