Leadership How do you make a good first impression with your team? When you're leading a new team, Helen says it's better to overshare. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Leadership How do you make a good first impression with your team? When you're leading a new team, Helen says it's better to overshare. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article What’s your pathway from grunt work to leadership? Next article How do you prove skills can be transferable? Welcome to Leadership: Your questions answered. Each fortnight, experienced and award-winning leaders Helen McCabe and Jamila Rizvi respond to your workplace queries, questions and conundrums. This week Siobhan asked: What are your tips for stepping into a new organisation and leading a team? What are the first things you do as a leader to build those important relationships and make a positive first impression?Helen: I’ve been a new leader of a team where I didn’t have any expertise in the area they worked in. I took over the editorship of a major magazine and had never worked in magazines before. I went into the role conscious that there were going to be lots of things, from language to systems, that I’d be unfamiliar with. For more Leadership: Your questions answered content, tune in to Helen and Jamila’s live chat every second Tuesday in our member-only Facebook community or listen to the podcast version.Want to submit a question of your own? We’d love that. Tell us about your leadership conundrum here. leadership your questions answered More from Future Women Leaders Test- Why Ilya stepped back from the business she poured her heart into By vivekdhiman Leaders Why Ilya stepped back from the business she poured her heart into By Ben Tweedie Leaders The most surprising part of being a first time mum had nothing to do with me By rosa762070 Leaders The #1 mistake employers make when multiple women leave By jitendermittal Leaders This is an exciting article title By Ben Tweedie Leadership New FW partnership to boost number of women in cybersecurity By jitendermittal Gender diversity Soft Power By jitendermittal Gender diversity Be honest. Did you think Bluey was a boy? By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
