#129: Leave your old job behind
Why do many people who earn a promotion fail at the higher-level job? One reason, no doubt, is the Peter Principle, namely that we are promoted to our level of incompetence, where we flounder.
I have witnessed another reason. We tend to take our old job with us instead of leaving it behind.
This is an easy trap to fall into — You are promoted mainly because of your track record to date, not because of your latent potential to be a future success. And so you tend to assume that if you continue doing what made you successful enough to be noticed by the powers who make promotions, then you will be successful in your new role as well.
Yet, your new position requires new behaviors and what got you promoted can now stop you performing at your new job. By not leaving your old job behind, you run the risk that your past success will trigger your future failure.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
I have witnessed another reason. We tend to take our old job with us instead of leaving it behind.
This is an easy trap to fall into — You are promoted mainly because of your track record to date, not because of your latent potential to be a future success. And so you tend to assume that if you continue doing what made you successful enough to be noticed by the powers who make promotions, then you will be successful in your new role as well.
Yet, your new position requires new behaviors and what got you promoted can now stop you performing at your new job. By not leaving your old job behind, you run the risk that your past success will trigger your future failure.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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