
5 myths holding back GenAI in the workplace
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by Paul Vanderbroeck Published June 23, 2025 in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Significant changes in career direction, such as advancing from managing a particular business unit or function (finance, IT) to having a broader leadership position, usually require a mindset shift. The following are simple strategies to help make the transition:
Allow your team to take on more responsibility – give them the autonomy and trust they need to thrive in their roles.
Broadening your leadership aptitudes requires you to think more strategically about your role. Temper the desire to focus on the needs of one business unit, and adopt a broader organizational lens.
If you have joined a new organization or function, bear in mind that the culture may be very different: where specialization may have been highly valued in your previous role, you will likely need to be more proactive about immediate business and growth objectives in your new one.
Be prepared to adapt your style in your new role. You may need to be more direct and forthright with recommendations that touch the whole organization, and not wait for guidance and information from peers or superiors.
Transitioning from managing a specialist function to a broader leadership role means expanding your skills and adopting new ways of working. Remember: what got you here may not get you there!
Accelerate your career with strategic business capabilities and transformative leadership skills.
Executive Educator and Coach
Paul Vanderbroeck (PhD) has 15 years of senior HR executive experience at blue chip multinational companies like General Motors, Shell plc, Georg Fischer, and UBS. An expert in the history and theories of effective governance, he navigates strategic change projects while achieving the desired results and has seen what works – and what doesn’t – to produce quality leaders in complex organizations. An award-winning author, he wrote Leadership Strategies for Women (Springer 2014) and is a contributing author to Leading in the Top Team (Cambridge 2008). He also writes extensively on leadership theory and practice in publications such as MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Management Development, and Leadership in Health Sciences. Vanderbroeck’s most recent book is The Handbook for International Career Couples (Springtime 2020).
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