Your Startup Leadership Skills Don't Work at Fortune 500 Companies: Do this!

🚨 ENTREPRENEUR JOINING BIG CORP? The rules just changed completely. Your small company superpowers might actually hurt you here.

*THE BIGGEST MISTAKES:*
❌ Assuming your relationship skills will translate (they won't)
❌ Only focusing on your team instead of the broader ecosystem
❌ Missing the informal power structures that really run things
❌ Bringing small company urgency to big company timelines

*THE SUCCESS FORMULA:*
🎯 Master BOTH formal and informal information flows
🤝 Spend time with people who DON'T work with you (critical intel)
⚖️ Balance your expertise with genuine humility about how things work here
💡 Show you care about the whole business, not just your piece

*MEG'S POWER MOVE:* Get curious about people totally outside your org. Ask what they do, how they get information, what they care about. This reveals the unwritten rules that determine who actually gets stuff done.

*AMY'S LIKABILITY HACK:* In small companies, relationships are external. In big companies, internal relationships matter just as much. Show genuine interest in the broader landscape - it proves you're here for the business, not just yourself.

*Bottom line:* Bring humility and curiosity. The relationship game is completely different, but the opportunities are bigger than anything you had access to before.

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