PM Career Alignment tip: Quit limiting your career identity to your current job title, dept, field, or company.
When it’s time to make career and life decisions, you WILL struggle if your identity is tied up in whoever you currently work for.
1. Imagine you want:
A raise
More (or less!) responsibility
A promotion and/or more support staff
A different work schedule
To explore new job functions
2. Current leader says it’s not possible right now.
3. If this role is your identity as a PM, you’re now frozen. Waiting. Languishing.
No, thanks.
Instead, try working on your personal brand I know, I know. But it’s true.
Hone it. Make it yours. Use it in your current job. Use it to get your next job. Take it with you wherever you serve. You’ll be one step closer to a career that’s clean cut, aligned with your ideal life, feels like YOURS, and has room for agency and autonomy.
What’s something you bring (or want to bring) to every role you’re in, and every dept/group you serve?
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