How do you get former peers and supervisors to take you seriously as a boss when everyone remembers the mistakes you made years ago?
When employees take on leadership roles at new companies, they typically enter with a certain mystique. It’s likely that no one saw you in the early years, when you were green or made some big mistakes. Or, if someone who knew you then brought you to where you are now, they clearly think enough of you to understand how you’ve grown over the years.
