Time to Stay or Time to Go
By : Jim Rives
By Jim Rives
Every role has its frustrations along with its rewards. When is it prudent to consider moving on to a new role or staying with the current one? There lies within the question an opportunity to go below the surface and consider the underlying factors and opportunities. Too often I find executives who are spending their energy and time thinking about moving on. It can become an obsession and the results produces a disconnect and the goals of the current role are not met or maximized.
Courage is a competency that needs to be developed - and one that can generate huge returns. It can take courage to stay or courage to go. So what factors can be considered to discern what time it is for you?
Time to Stay?
The first place I encourage you look is how to tackle the current challenges before moving on. There is great truth that if one does not resolve the issues in the current role, moving on will only produce the same issues in the new role. The greatest chance for personal growth lies within developing masteries to move successfully where you are. It will often take courage and likely a new way of looking at your situation.
However, if you continue to see your current role in the same way that developed a poor view of the role then you cannot find ways to move successfully. I suggest that you reframe your current role to look at the possibilities versus the negative aspects. This is not positive thinking as that is just trying to fit a new view on an old perspective. It is actually reshaping your view of the circumstances. For example, if you viewed your current challenges as signals for areas that you need to develop for future success you can move differently. In my interactions with executives across the country this is the most prevalent situation. Moving on in fact would avoid growth and becoming a greater professional offer.
Seeing your current situation with a new perspective - what I call reframing - opens up a hope and energy from within. You are not the victim of your circumstances but a student developing your masteries. The characters in your environment are the messengers of ways you need to develop to move with mastery in your world - personally and professionally.
Time to Move on?
What then would serve as a signal that it is time to move on?
Moving on must never be about more money. Those who choose to move motivated mostly by money are never satisfied and are placing the focus in the wrong area. Money is an important ingredient but it should never be the primary motivator.
I find that when the world of possibilities closes in one area - and the options to grow and develop personally and professionally are reduced or reducing - this is the time to consider moving on. You have reframed the situation but find that you feel stuck and you are not moving toward the goals of your career. While family and personal factors play an important part in this consideration the fact that you feel stuck can begin to pour over into personal life too.
Choose your move carefully. Give strong considerations to what you need to move upward in your career - or to develop in a way to produce upward mobility. Is it the right environment for you? How does it produce the combination for using your skills and experience while offering the chance to grow? Does is have a compelling call by triggering your deepest passion? Do you find the support from senior executives and peers that will allow you to be successful and grow?
There are two realities that will be constant - whether you go or stay?
1. There will always be changes to challenge you.
2. An attitude of learning and growing is essential to continued success.
Seek the counsel of an objective and learned mentor, friend, or career advisor to give you objectivity in your considerations. Do not rush to jump ship - but be open to learning and growing and see where that takes you within your role or to a new one.
About the Author
Jim Rives is a certified leadership coach with over 30 years management experience. His education including a Somatic Certification and a Doctor of Divinity allow him to integrate the spirit behind leadership with practical outcomes. For more information on Jim Rives please visit DDJ Myers, Ltd..
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