At the time of her promotion, Bowen was producing the company newsletter. Miller sat down with Bowen after she was named director, and suggested the newsletter be changed to a magazine. I sat down with him and mapped out a strategic plan for the magazine, and I made him part of the team. Bowen is now managing editor of the magazine. You're probably going to make mistakes in your new situation, but fear not.
Mistakes are possibly the world's best learning tool.
Michael Edwards, for example, has been able to work those mistakes into some major successes. He is now chief executive and founder of Power Recruiting Group in Austin. His previous experience, managing former peers, has helped him be a good leader now, he said. After his first year and a half on the job, at age 25, he was named manager. And about a year after that, was named vice president.