Ep. 032 - Current Job Reset: If I Could Go Back In My Time Machine
There’s an intangible energy about the first 90 days in a new job. Imagine life if you could recapture it and use it in your current role…
As it turns out, it’s not so hard to hop in your metaphorical DeLorean and revive that enthusiasm to boost your career. Join us as we go back to the start of your role, and use Gary’s ‘Power of 5’ to master the art of the do-over.
Key takeaways from this episode:
If you’re unhappy with progress, get bitter or get better
Reflect through a lens with no constraints
Get yourself out of the way
Highlights:
“If you could press the pause button, what would you do? Here's some ideas: The first one is to diagnose the business situation you're in. So it doesn't matter what job you do, or what your role is; what is it you're trying to do?” - 4:30 - Gary Gamp
“If you're gonna go to the trouble of resetting, and doing your first 90 days again, then you need to be honest and open enough that you don't want to rely on what happened in the past. Because if you don't change, you won't change. So it's a chance to reflect a bit, I call it accelerated learning.” - 6:45 - Gary Gamp
“The most important question you can ask yourself to go back to the future, if you're willing to do this, is what would you do if you had no constraints? Because constraints get in your way, and therefore they stop your thinking, and stop you advancing. They’re standing right in front of you and you get in your own way.” - 11:30 - Gary Gamp
“If you want to be the chef of your functional unit, there's five to five things to consider. One is, what's the strategy? The second one is what's the structure? The third one is what sort of systems are important? The fourth one's what's the skills? And the fifth one is about culture.” - 16:55 - Gary Gamp
“The Power of Five is kind of like a superpower, but having one power per day. What's the point of deciding I'm gonna reset, I'm gonna get back in my time machine, I do the reflection on things I need to do, and then I don't do anything with it. What's the point?” - 18:20 - Gary Gamp
“Who do you need to help you? Don't be constrained by what you're doing today. What meetings do you think you need to have? What relationships do you need to fix? And how can you best kick this off?” - 25:10 - Gary Gamp
“I want you to put some milestones and checkpoints in for yourself, so you can keep yourself honest that you're progressing in the way you want to. So it’s your reflection on how you're doing, rather than reflecting on the problem.” - 26:45 - Gary Gamp
“Context is the most important thing. I do a lot of change stuff, and when companies bang on about where they're going in terms of a direction, most people don't care, they glaze over it. But if I can translate what that means to you, it has more chance.” - 28:20 - Gary Gamp
Links & References:
Gary Gamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garygamp
George Clode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeclode
