HELP! I JUST GOT PROMOTED – A Wake-Up Call for New Managers
By Reynold Roberts
Grab your copy now on Amazon – because a job title won’t save you from mistakes.
You landed the promotion. You’ve got the office, the title, the salary bump—and a growing sense that you’re in way over your head. That’s where HELP! I JUST GOT PROMOTED: Pitfalls of New Managers by Reynold Roberts steps in. Not a pep talk. Not theory. This is a straight-shooting survival guide that tackles the chaos of leadership with clarity, humor, and hard-earned wisdom.
The first week matters more than you think. Don’t strut in like a savior….walk in curious. Roberts urges new managers to ask the uncomfortable but crucial questions: Who do I report to? What’s my budget? How is success measured? Without these answers, you’re playing a game without knowing the rules.
He breaks down the top ten traps that take down promising leaders—from trying to impress too fast, to enforcing change before earning trust. One major red flag? Believing your title demands automatic respect. It doesn’t. Your team is watching how you listen, how you act under pressure, and whether you care about more than just results. Leading with ego? That’s a shortcut to failure.
But this book isn’t all about red flags….it’s about strategy. Roberts lays out a step-by-step plan for the first week, month, and quarter of your new role. You’ll learn how to build trust, gather information, evaluate performance, and introduce change without sparking resistance. More importantly, you’ll learn to develop your people while continuing to develop yourself. That means creating training systems, opening the door to feedback, and rewarding progress. Your growth fuels theirs—and vice versa.
The book also delivers a strong reality check: if you don’t understand your financial responsibilities, you don’t understand your job. From budget basics to pay structure control, Roberts walks you through what numbers matter—and why failing to master them puts your position at risk. Companies exist to make a profit. If you don’t know how to contribute to that, someone else will.
In one of the book’s most memorable insights, Roberts challenges the usual business mantra. He argues that employees—not customers—must come first. The logic is simple: empowered, happy staff deliver better service. If your team feels overlooked, no customer strategy in the world will save you. Build a strong culture, and everything else follows.
What sets HELP! I JUST GOT PROMOTED apart is its honesty. Roberts doesn’t glamorize management—he exposes it. The pressure, the politics, the loneliness, the mistakes you don’t see coming. But he also equips you with the mindset, the process, and the leadership habits to turn your promotion into something meaningful.
If you’re stepping into a new role, don’t fake it till you break it. Get the real story, the real tools, and the real leadership playbook.
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Because leadership starts the moment you stop pretending to have all the answers.
