Reframing your role

• How do you define yourself now?
  • Expert?
  • Functional specialist?
  • Leader?
  • Hero?
  • Change champion?
  • Outstanding achiever?
  • Consistent winner?
  • The best in your field?
• How aligned is your identity to where you really are at the moment?
• In what ways is it out of date?
• Can you re-frame your role?
  • Broker - knowing someone else who can do it.
  • Manager - not a doer, but a coordinator.
  • Coach - help others to think differently.
  • Facilitator, catalyst - link people to other resources.
  • Guide - show others how things work around here.
  • Advisor - internal consultant.
  • Mentor - help others learn to work smarter.
  • Trainer - show others how to help themselves.
• Can you find value in being a coach rather than heroic goal scorer?
• Can you base your self worth on broader leadership or mentoring?
• What are some new ways of adding value?
• What satisfaction could you gain from developing others?
• Their development is retarded if you retain too much authority.
• Position your change as personal growth rather than as a loss.
• Can you see your situation as a fresh start, not as an ending?
• You might even gain respect for facing up to such a challenge.
• As we age, we have a tendency to look to the past more than to the future.
• How can you counter this inclination in yourself?
• How can the present be a time of new opportunities for you?