What helped you as a new G6?

I’ve searched the sub and read through lots of discussions about the jump from G7 to G6. But I didn’t find much on what actually helps when you are new to this grade, feeling out of your depth and getting used to things like having more and different kinds of responsibilities, not doing any of the doing any more, and dealing with the invisible behind the scenes work that enables teams to deliver. I saw some comments about how G7s do the work and G6s take the credit and I’m not surprised people think that, as a lot of the stuff that enables the work (eg governance, planning, budgets) is kept out of the way of the people doing it

So far my main strategy is to build relationships with peers at my level, and I’m considering using the free cross-government coaching service (if anyone else wants to know about this I think you can search for it on Civil Service Learning).

If you are or have been a G6, what helped you practically (particular things you did, or did not do) and mentally (things you needed to remember or consider)?