Welcome to the last episode of this series.  We have been talking about some of the common roadblocks of career success.

Today, let’s wrap this up by talking about the warning signs.

How do you know you have hit a roadblock?  How do you know you are living in the space of career decline vs. career momentum?

1.  You're not hitting your business metric(s) target(s) and you don’t know why.

   1.  This is a clue.  No doubt we have all had had times in our career where the numbers didn’t align. Why?

      1. It may an external issue or it may be due to internal issues (your mindset, leadership and/or actions). We need to investigate further to find the root cause.  Are you adding value or are you trying to be valuable?  Are you blinded by your efforts? See the clue and follow up on it.

2. You find yourself saying, “I’m not doing that, I’m going to do it this way.”  

   1. Again, this is a clue.  It doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong or that sometimes doing it your way isn’t warranted.  You’re in a leadership role to help set the course of direction from time to time.  Sometimes you have to do things your way.  But if you’re constantly saying, “Nope, that’s wrong.  I’m doing it this way,” I would challenge you to pause and ask yourself why.

      1. Are you doing it because you’re being asked to forge the path or are you doing it because you don’t like the way the organization is asking you to execute?  You can’t dig in your heels and win in the long run.

1. Bitterness and frustration.

   1. If you resent your organization, are bitter because you believe you’re giving more than you’re receiving, and are frustrated with the lack of rewards you’re being given–stop and take a look.

   2. Are you sacrificing unnecessarily?  Are you blaming the company for your decisions?

These are the top 3 warning signs that you’re sitting at a roadblock in your career instead of driving forward to a successful path.

If you believe your team or organization is stuck behind one or more success roadblocks, email me and let's chat about it ([email protected]).

Be Legendary.