She was on top of her game.
The company she worked for loved her.
She had a great reputation.
She was known in the company to get things done,
to solve complex problems.
Her team loved her.
She had a great reputation with her boss.
Honestly, she was a picture of success.
But whilst everything seemed to be under control,
she wasn't getting ahead in her career
and she was unsure what was blocking her
or what she needed to change.
We discovered that she was sabotaging her own career
and when we fixed the four costly mistakes
that she was making, it positively impacted her reputation
in the organisation, her influence with the executive team,
and her personal brand, not to mention
the confidence boost she got from it.
And only after eight months she was promoted to director.
I'm Caroline De Kimpe, a career and leadership coach,
and in this video I'm going to share with you
the four mistakes she made.
She wasn't even aware she was making them.
Self-sabotaging move number one,
focusing too much on the operations,
on what needs to be implemented and executed.
The problem is that you position yourself
as a perfect workhorse.
You get things done, people know that.
You have the reputation in the company as the fixer.
But the problem is that the executive team might not see you
as leadership material because you're not positioning
yourself that way.
Self-sabotaging move number two,
letting emotions drive you.
Now emotions are part of who you are,
but it doesn't matter who you like
or who you don't like in your job.
You might have a micromanager of a boss,
you might have toxic colleagues,
but the truth is you might not be able to change anything.
So don't give them the control and the power
of how it makes you feel, how they make you feel.
So the key is to detach yourself.
Now I don't mean to become cold hearted,
but detaching yourself will enable you
to make more objective decisions on how to move forward.
Self-sabotaging move number three,
taking yourself for granted.
Now, I don't care about the justification you have
for tolerating certain things in your career
like being underutilised, underpaid, or undervalued,
but I'm here to tell you it's not sustainable
in the long run.
These are short-term fixes but not long-term solutions
and if you keep tolerating that
your confidence will start slipping away.
So you need to be able to take control
of whatever situation you're in and say, enough is enough,
and first recognise your own skills and experience,
what you've built up, what you can contribute
to an organisation, and the value
that you can create for them.
Self-sabotaging move number four,
feeling like an impostor.
You might not have the right education
or you might not have the same skills
and experience as others do in the company,
but there is absolutely no need to feel like an impostor.
As long as you don't see what others see in you,
you will keep playing small and you will not,
and I repeat, not, get ahead.
Now you can clearly identify the sabotaging moves
that you make, and when you're aware of something,
you are able to change it.
But here's the thing, you want to make the right changes.
You do not want to take the risk or waste anymore time
on trial and error and making the wrong changes.
So if you want to learn more, I created a brand new programme
called Personal Branding for Career Success.
I will pop a link below so you can go and check it out.
And if you said I'm ready for the next step,
join the programme and I'll see you on the inside.