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The Change Laboratory’s blog is dedicated to empowering people by highlighting best practices in the arena of personal / career development and organizational effectiveness.
Whether pushing forward with your career development plan or looking to re-enter the job market, you need to be prepared to be successful in the new – totally upended – employment landscape.
Seeing just how much you can create change in your life – especially in times of extreme external turmoil – can be very empowering and a catalyst for a significant shift in your life’s trajectory. When the external world is experiencing dramatic change, it’s a fantastic time to use the forced external shifts to cement change in your own life. To gain an understanding that, while there’s a lot we can’t control, there’s a lot we can control. That sense of self efficacy can go a long way in easing the burden of trying times.
While it may be challenging in practice, the concept of disidentifying with your role is really simple. It comes down to two deceptively straightforward things:
Recognize that the roles we play are not who we are.
Instead of identifying with a role or title, identify with the strengths that are (ideally) expressed in the roles you play.
In short, don't use a skills meter to outline your level of expertise in certain skills on your resume. Instead, as this post outlines, include specific achievements that show how you have used a certain skill to make a meaningful (ideally quantifiable) impact on an organization.