Is this Getting in the Way of Your Leadership?

Moving from individual contributor to leadership should be more straightforward. You've got experience, expertise, and great results. Yet, when it comes to demonstrating leadership in the traditional sense:

• Headcount
• Project strategy
• Managing others

You may come up short. And that's a problem.

If you don't believe you're a leader, how will others?

Take a second, and give yourself credit.

You've already been a leader if you...

• Were the first to implement the program, start up the new branch, etc.
• Made a call/fix that made a difference to culture, process (not just the bottom line)
• Coached/inspired others
• Conceived and drove a new idea (can be outside work)
• Were the best (awards, commendations)

Before becoming a leadership and career consultant, I thought I was "just a TV writer." I had valuable storytelling, influencing & communication skills. But I wasn't Tina Fey. I just wrote scripts. I executed someone else's vision. Never led.

And yet when I thought about it...

• I was a writer-producer on a top 10 network drama series that pulled up to 14M viewers weekly.
• I produced episodes with a multimillion-dollar budgets, leading meetings of 20, a crew of 75.
• In the story break (when we come up with what will happen in an episode), I would often drive the brainstorms from FADE IN to FADE OUT.

Watch how you tell the story of your work.

Moving from "I did a thing," to "I was integral to these results," communicates ownership & confidence, which earns trust and buy-in - a crucial first step to better opportunities.

Believe your own hype. Operate from there.

Already a leader? Want help building your credit and showing them how? I might be able to help with that.