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About a year and a half ago I decided to take a leap of faith and take a management position in a completely different area/building/department/floor as my old job. I had no clue what I was doing and got the joy of more hours and responsibility and no more money. Welcome to management kid.

The money for that position has come, but today I accepted a management position in a completely new area/department/building/floor. I have no idea what I'm doing and where to start. I immediately had a buyers remorse feeling after saying yes, but it's a good opportunity to work on higher level committees and projects than I currently am, and my current department doesn't have corporate hours and the new one does.

I just hate leaving my team I worked so hard to build from the ground up and I'm nervous about the day. They're going to announce it in front of the division at a meeting today. Wish me luck.

Don't look back. They wouldn't have given you the position if they didn't think you could do it. Just think of all the new skills you will develop and trust in the confidence they have in you.

Congrats phins. I know the feeling. I don't think you'll regret taking that leap and trying something bigger and more difficult. I think you'd only regret not ever trying.

Good luck. I took a big leap once, scared the hell out of me but it was worth it. You will be a rock star I am sure.

Thanks for the well wishes. They announced it at the quarterly division meeting and the reaction was all positive.

I haven't even started the position but am on a steering committee tomorrow with VP's and Directors and they wanted me to research an item over the weekend and give feedback at the meeting.

Exciting to be doing other things and gaining new visibility. I have my eye on a position a rung higher than mine now, and I think the skills from this position are more transferable.

They have praised my research skills, which is interesting to me because I feel like my interpersonal skills are more a strength and sometimes I can lack detail. My confidence level has risen over the weekend due to all the feedback from upper management. Sometimes you just gotta have faith I guess, but leaving behind my "baby" is hard. We just set an all-time "production" record for my department this month and I have it to the point where it runs itself. I've always thought a department running itself well w/o management around is a positive. I'll have to let go of my hang ups and leave the department to the next person and keep quiet if they make changes/decisions I don't agree with.

It's not going well. Things that worked in my last position people are feeling attacked or intimidated by me.

Probably going to have to look for a new job. It's just not working out and it's stressing me out like crazy. Maybe the interpersonal skills aren't as strong as I perceived.

Terrible feeling and my boss hasn't had my back despite 12 years of loyal service.

Really didn't see this panning out like this, sorry Phins. Maybe it's not as bad as you think, people tend to be harder on themselves when stressed and expect that everyone else sees these huge failings that aren't there (or at least aren't as visible as you'd think).

Anybody that can give you some reasonably objective feedback? It can be tough to recognize when you need to keep pushing through and when you need to reevaluate your approach.

If your company is just going to axe you without at least giving you a meeting to discuss how things are going and what needs to happen differently, then you should probably be looking for a new job anyway. Just my 2 cents.

You should probably buy Tom Landry's hat, and wear it when addressing your team.