How To Know When You've Outgrown Your Current Role
Here are six warning signs that are telling you it’s time to move on in your career.
Making the decision to leave a job (or a business) can be pretty difficult. Even when you feel suffocated and stuck in your current role, it's normal to have reservations and become hesitant because transitioning to a new role comes with a feeling of uncertainty.
Initially staying might seem safe but as time goes on the strain of staying put in a role you're beginning to dislike will start to take its toll. Remember It's okay to outgrow positions, people and places.
Here are a few pointers that indicate you've developed beyond your current role and why you should psych yourself up and make the bold step.
1. You're the smartest in the room
It's been said that if you're the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.” The importance of surrounding yourself with people who are more intelligent than you and challenge you to "step up" cannot be overemphasized.
2. You're already taking on the responsibility of a bigger role.
There is an increase in your credibility in your current role and team and managers know you are ready for a bigger role.
3. No growth, no progression, no opportunities.
Your growth is not encouraged as you haven't been up-skilled either through in-house training or external programs.
Lack of participation in these programs is a strong indication that your potential and growth mindset is not being nurtured in your current role.
4. Your job is getting monotonous.
You try to keep a positive attitude in your boring repetitive role but you're bored all the time and not learning anything new. Warning: This feeling of boredom can affect your physical and psychological health.
5. You've stayed for many years and are not close to achieving your goals.
You have sought the help of a professional or mentor and you have clarity on the steps to take to achieve your goals but careful analysis shows clearly that your current role doesn't align with your big-picture and no action is being taken to change things.
6. You see yourself working somewhere else and doing something new.
You daydream of a new career. After assessing your interests, values, and skills you are considering changing careers altogether into something more in tune with who you are.
Don't shrink yourself to fit into places you've outgrown because big opportunities usually go to those who prove their ability to outgrown small ones. As a popular quote reads "If you don't like where you are, move! You are not a tree."
