I just took a promo to be a supervisor at work,the only problem is every day i have to hold court and give a meeting to about 30-40 employees...public speaking is not an area i am good at,and was never taught to do so properly. Anybody else ever have to deal with "stage fright"?? Are there any meds./supps that help you deal with this type of situation?
I was there few years back when I was offered to run very large project. Other than prescription meds, not sure what would be effective. But meds do wonders!
I know I struggled at first because I did not know what to do or say and I thought there were set of expectations that I was lacking.
I realized later that no one else know more than I did or they would be in that position. I was promoted because I can figure it out not because I already know how. This made things much easier for me.
I'm in the software industry. Now I work from home, working for a company out of Seattle with my team in Philippines. I do everything over the phone or via email/chat with new deadline every 6 weeks.
Just relax, the people you will manage do not know more than you do. They may look for you for direction, so just give them your best guess. Your managers know you will struggle at first, but they trusted that you can figure it out and that your judgement will be sound. You will make mistakes, we all do. But life goes on
Best of luck and congrats!