Self-Awareness and The New Workplace

Self-awareness is something that is respected by employees more than any other quality.

Someone who self-aware and also confident is deadly and possess skills that make them a great leader and a valued employee.

Someone who is self-aware is able to quickly identify what they are good at, and where they are best to spend their time.

Someone who is also confident is not threatened by someone who may have deeper skills in another area, and views that person as a complimentary resource rather than a threat.

If an employee can use their time focused in an area of core strength or interest, their effectiveness will grow exponentially as well as their value.

In the past, the rules of the game were to diversify as much as possible in order to better market oneself for more senior positions within a company.

This is not necessarily the best road map anymore.

Many new business divisions have been created as a result of specialization and increased technology.

This combined with

the fact that Director levels have been empowered with more decision making abilities changes the landscape.

This means that hands on strategy is now often more relevant and marketable.

Multiple Vice Presidents that are less connected to the business and can find themselves vying for fewer presidential roles which can become a risky proposition.

So if that promotion is not of interest to you, be sure to make it known what is, and also state where you would like to be spending your time in the company.

Business has changed and many corporate routes have changed.

Many Directors with P&L experience, technical skills and a good grasp of technology are sometimes more marketable candidates that the V.P. with good senior management experience but dated day to day experience and contacts that are no longer seen as relevant.

Farewell,

Mike