The boundary of “My team”
When someone says, “My team”, what does it mean to you? In the first year as a GM, I had a great opportunity to broaden my perspective. Allow me to share what I learned and my experiences. I am currently responsible for sales, operation, customer support, and technical support team with the P&L responsibility in a few countries in Southeast Asia. When I joined the current company, I previously never had management experience or P&L responsibilities. It was a drastic change because I was just a regional marketing manager in another organization. Suddenly, I have managers reporting to me and became responsible for the expanded function. Since then, I have committed to providing career development opportunities, guidance, and coaching to reporting members. One day I realized my attitude was different towards the members who report to me and those who don’t. As a newbie GM, I thought it was natural to treat them differently because those who don’t report to me are not ...