Career Stagnating? Feeling Trapped?

• Re-evaluate what is most important to you - your values?
• Start looking for a new role elsewhere?
• Create a new role for yourself? 
• Can you create partnerships with other key players.
• Or Create a new role for yourself where you are?
• You're running your own business and your market has changed.
• What opportunities does this present you? Can you see your situation as an opportunity rather than as a problem?
• Can you sell your superiors on a new or expanded role?
• What are their needs? And what new services could you offer them?
• It won't work to simply pester people for a move.
• How would moving you benefit another part of the business?
• If your chief skillset is squeezing the last milk out of cash cows, then you might be of most value where you are.
• Is there a bigger cash cow (another division) that could use your services?
• Even star divisions can benefit from added efficiency.
• Whatever your skillset, the key to moving is to find an internal customer who needs what you have to offer.
• This is not a matter of presenting your experience to prospective buyers and leaving it to them to figure out how best to use you.
• That's about as good as sending customers junk mail.
• How can you be more proactive, to show prospective customers how you could add great value to their business if they take you on?
• This means analyzing what they are doing and devising an irresistable proposal to enhance their business.
• Best to work with them from the beginning to gain early ''buy in''.

See also article: An Engaged Employee's Career for tips on how to take charge of your career and promote yourself.