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The job you have isn't the job you accepted
The job you have is not the one on the offer letter. Most senior leaders are still running the job they accepted two or three years ago. The title is the same. The KPIs were updated once. But the actual work changed shape months ago and nobody sent a memo. A VP I worked with last quarter said he had not yet "found his footing." That was not the problem. He was running his old job at a new altitude. His team had stopped bringing him questions. They were bringing him recommendations to choose between. He kept waiting for the clarity that would have come at his last level. It does not come at this one. The fix is not another framework. It is one honest sit-down where you name the job you actually have right now. Pull up your last two weeks of calendar. Remove every meeting one of your directs could have run without you. What remains is the job you are actually being paid for. Most of it is not on any document. The promotion happened. The role change came. Most leaders are six months behind in recognizing they already got there. Run the job you have. Not the one you accepted. Leaders, what is sitting on your plate today that stopped being your job months ago?
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