title: Smart strategies ease the way for new managers. Softer skills key to leadership position.
abstract: Your first supervisory position can be both terrific and terrifying. You may be new to the facility, managing former colleagues, younger than your subordinates, or performing a midlife career switch. In all cases, a few simple strategies can help ensure your success. Here, two HIM educators share time-tested advice for new managers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Informatics and Information Management, College of St. Scholastica. MLeBlanc@css.edu
authors.forename: Madonna M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000379:methods*; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008497:Medical Record Administrators / Q000592:standards*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States