Workplace Multiplier by Tola Akinsulire

May 22, 2025

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Don't Do This In Your New Role (Trust Me)

Howdy ,

Someone reached out to me during the week for a consult.

He was considering a bigger role than what he currently had. He wanted to know what to do once he got into the new role.

My main answer?

Don't do what you are currently doing in your new role.

Why?

Even if you got the job because of how well you did your current job, they are not expecting you to work like you used to in the new job.

Here's the thing most people miss about promotions:

Your new role isn't just "more of the same." It requires a completely different approach to creating value.

In your current role, you might be delivering results through personal execution. In the new role, you'll need to deliver results through others.

The skills that got you promoted won't be the skills that make you successful in the promotion.

This is where "The Outcome Play" becomes critical - getting the right results using the best combination of what you have at a speed faster than your environment.

What changes when you level up:

• Your focus shifts from doing tasks to enabling others to do tasks

• Your success metric changes from individual output to team performance

• Your decision-making scope expands beyond day-to-day execution to strategic thinking

• Your stakeholder network grows - you're now accountable to different people with different expectations

The Transition Trap:

Most people try to prove themselves in the new role by continuing to excel at what made them successful before. But this creates a bottleneck. You become the person everyone comes to for answers instead of the person who develops others to find answers.

Your New Success Formula:

Instead of being the best performer, become the best enabler of performance in others.

Instead of having all the answers, become the person who asks the best questions.

Instead of doing the work, become the person who ensures the right work gets done by the right people.

The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything:

In your old role, you were paid to execute. In your new role, you're paid to multiply execution through others.

This is why developing your leadership skills becomes crucial - you need to show up as a rainmaker (providing resources your team needs), a pathmaker (seeking opportunities that increase impact), and an imagemaker (creating partnerships that help delivery).

Remember: The organization promoted you not to do your old job at a higher salary, but to create value in ways your old role couldn't.

Fellow Workplace Multiplier,

Keep winning at work and in life.

Tola Akinsulire

Your Strategic Workplace Mentor

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