I Have a New Role, but an Old Professional Identity — How to Move from Doer to Leader, Expert to Strategist, or Specialist to Business Partner Without Clinging to Old Habits Max Paradox
- Autor:
- Max Paradox
- Wydawnictwo:
- SELF-PUBLISHER
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- 221
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I Have a New Role, but an Old Professional Identity — How to Move from Doer to Leader, Expert to Strategist, or Specialist to Business Partner Without Clinging to Old Habits
You got the promotion. Congratulations! Unfortunately, your old professional habits have decided to come along.
Yesterday, being the person who could solve every problem made you a star. Today, solving everything yourself might be exactly what's holding you back. Your job title has changed, your responsibilities have expanded, and everyone expects you to think strategically. Meanwhile, you're still fixing spreadsheets, approving tiny details, rescuing colleagues, and wondering when somebody will finally explain what "strategic leadership" means in practical terms.
Welcome to the peculiar experience of having a new role and an old professional identity.
In I Have a New Role, but an Old Professional Identity, Max Paradox takes a witty, practical look at one of the most overlooked challenges in career development: learning to stop measuring your success by the standards of a job you no longer have.
Whether you've moved from individual contributor to manager, technical expert to strategist, or specialist to business partner, the transition involves more than acquiring a new title. You need to rethink how you create value, how you make decisions, and when your experience should support other people's work rather than replace it.
Through recognizable workplace situations, entertaining corporate absurdities, and realistic advice, this book explores how to:
Recognize the old habits that quietly undermine your new responsibilities.
Delegate genuine ownership instead of merely transferring tasks while keeping every decision.
Develop capable colleagues without becoming their permanent emergency hotline.
Move beyond technical expertise to understand business priorities and trade-offs.
Challenge unrealistic expectations and disagree constructively with senior stakeholders.
Make recommendations when the evidence is incomplete and certainty is unavailable.
Handle difficult relationships, organizational resistance, and decisions that turn out badly.
Build professional confidence without pretending to know everything.
Create working habits that survive pressure, unexpected problems, and the occasional catastrophic Thursday.
You'll also discover why a promotion can leave you feeling less competent than before, why some organizations reward the very habits they want you to abandon, and how to recognize when the problem isn't your leadership ability but a role with responsibilities that don't match its authority.
This isn't a collection of motivational slogans telling you to "think bigger" while your inbox catches fire. It's a practical guide to understanding what your new position actually requires and making changes that remain realistic when deadlines, personalities, limited resources, and organizational politics enter the picture.
Expect sharp observations, relatable mistakes, useful questions, and a healthy suspicion of management jargon. The humor comes from situations that may feel uncomfortably familiar, especially if you've ever attended a meeting about empowerment that ended with your manager approving the font size.
You don't have to abandon the skills that made you successful. You have to learn when those skills help your new role and when they keep you trapped in your old one.
Because a promotion should change more than the words beneath your name in an email signature.
This publication was prepared using tools that support the creative process, including artificial intelligence solutions. The final concept, structure and editing are the responsibility of the author.
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- 978-83-848-3800-6, 9788384838006
- Data wydania ebooka :
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2026-11-04
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