The story of my promotion to my first managerial role sounds very similar to many others. I had been working at my company for about two years - I had been promoted from my initial account manager role to senior account manager and was managing many of the companies largest clients. I was seen as a “go-to” person on our team, helped with special projects and departmental process documents, and when my direct manager decided to move on from the company, the role was essentially handed to me witho