If you want the title but not the responsibility, you want a costume, not a role.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Titles look like the reward and are really a description of a job. The visible part is the name; the content is decisions nobody enjoys making and problems that arrive at inconvenient times. Wanting the label without the load is a normal feeling, and it is worth noticing honestly rather than acting on.

Before going for the next position, list what the person in it actually does during a bad week. Ask whether you want those days. If the answer is no, there is probably a different thing you want and it is worth finding.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which title do you want without the work under it?

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