Hello to the forum, I need some advice about my job, it is already causing me a great deal of anxiety,
A little over a month ago I started a new job as a supervisor at an independently owned clothes shop, and I love it. Due to the manager and other supervisor leaving I have been offered a promotion to manager than I never had in 10 years working for my previous workplace.
I am very excited by the prospect of being the new manager but I am also overwhelmed by what will be expected of me and how much I need to learn and remember.
I sometimes struggle to assert myself in life so I think at work I often run the risk of going the complete opposite way and coming across as a bit of a dragon when it comes to people management. For all my faults I work incredibly hard and expect the same of my colleagues.
My regional manager is seen as a bit of a battleaxe, and she is intimidating, but for the most part I see her as someone who just wants to get stuff done- I do not want my staff to see me the way they see her, but I don't want them to see me as a "mate" and take advantage.
It all seems like a minefield at the moment, and as someone who over thinks and second guesses everything, I am really starting to question my competency.
Can anyone give me tips or advice?