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Dr Rotcod
May 20, 2004
I see the consistently reoccurring disappointment and failure you will continue to cause yourselves.
I have a Director position at a large corporation that is growing extremely fast. I just spearheaded a huge purchase of which I am solely responsible for. This will greatly increase the scope of responsibility for my role within the company. Four years ago I was a freelancer at the same company that was creating my "department" from scratch.

I've had to sort of blindly navigate the business politics side of this. Here are a few of my issues:
-My role has outgrown my own "boss". Since we've grown so much I have been forced to independently handle the responsibility I've created. This has strained my relationship with the person I should technically report to. I think this might be more personal than anything else.
-I have to talk to high level executives more that do not understand the technical aspects of what I do. I'd love to learn how to talk to them about how what I do impacts the things that they care about.
-My interests overlap other departments' interests but I still need to be able to make my own decisions (especially with vendors). One department head has been very difficult about this and it seems like purely a personality clash. This person does NOT like to collaborate but it seems like the rest of the company is also aware of this. I'd still like to play nice and work with this person as much as possible.
-I'd also like to make a play to become the VP of my department which actually isn't its own department yet but has a strong enough identity to become it's own thing (especially after the huge purchase). Not sure how to approach this without looking like I'm going over certain people's heads.

TL;DR - I'm having typical growing pains on the fast track from lowly freelancer to VP. I lack a business mentor so I'm curious what book(s) I should be reading or videos I should watch to better understand how to navigate the new territory I'm in.

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Dr Rotcod
May 20, 2004
I see the consistently reoccurring disappointment and failure you will continue to cause yourselves.
Are there any good books/blogs to read concerning these topics? Google searches bring up the usual awful self help dreck.

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