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Pains and challenges in everyday work
Eight common pains of strong professionals, managers, and founders: from “people are annoying” and the founder’s loneliness to the career ceiling and overload after 40.
Pains and challenges at work: Do you recognize yourself?
Let me guess (we do love predicting without asking first, right? I’m no exception).
What do we actually want to fix in our work?
1) I’m growing, but the people around me are annoying and holding me back
Either I don’t know how to “cook” them (sic!), or they’re all just selfie‑takers.
I manage to reach the right people, but then something strange happens: even among those recommended by colleagues and friends, there are very few professionals who can actually “stand by their words” and “be held accountable.” It really hurts. How do I fix this?
2) I’m a manager, but instead of real work it’s all politics and polite curtsies around me.
I’ve reached a level where there are tons of formal “song-and-dance routines,” and I’m not allowed to actually do the work. I’d love to go back, but there’s no way: I’ve got a big office, and the team seemed to be a perfect match (though remember point 1, right?), and in general, a move down from a manager role to an individual contributor “doesn’t count.” So here I am, suffering while playing “office politics.” Where do I tick the box to vote? That’s my pain!
3) I’m a founder and I’m dragging everything alone; I don’t have enough access or support.
It’s when you’re both laying the foundations and doing the selling, while everyone around just stands there, clicking their tongues and giving advice. Yet no one bothers to offer real access to proper resources! So here I am, sitting in this “founder’s loneliness,” and nobody’s in a hurry to actually help.
It feels like I’m knocking on the wrong doors (or don’t know how to knock on the “right doors”) — the ones behind which people would understand, support, and amplify me.
4) There are meetings and sales, but in reality it’s kindergarten and very little result.
No problem breaking the ice, getting through the first layer, reaching the right person, opening doors, setting up a meeting. But then it starts… on our side, it’s the eager little “pioneers”; on their side, it’s clowns. And the “pioneer royal battle” begins: who can whack whom harder with a pillow or pinch them in a soft spot; it’s kindergarten, honestly. But you have to endure it and think: “Maybe it’s different somewhere else?” (Answer: it is.)
5) I’m an expert, but my access to strong clients is still weak
As soon as you open your contacts (on your smartphone, of course), it’s the same problem: clients come in inconsistently. The entry points to clients are weak. And turning contacts into long-term relationships and long-term contracts is a real disaster: there are no opportunities to reach large companies.
6) I’m a Head of…, I’ve hit the career ceiling and the people above don’t notice me
I manage my team and, on the surface, everything seems fine. Work is moving along, we get results. But by my …ties I can feel that very same career ceiling getting closer: all the positions above me are already taken, and it’s unclear how to break through and become “visible.” I lack confidence when dealing with top management; I’m constantly feeling that, what’s it called… not “unemployed,” the other one—impostor syndrome, that’s the one, and it really gets in the way. “I know and can do more than I’m able to show in my current role, but who’s going to notice that? They’re all busy with other things.”
7) I’m in HR/L&D and I want people to finally stop behaving like they’re in a school classroom.
I dream of “reflashing” the brains of everyone who walks through the doors of our corporate university. So that, like in the Strugatskys’ books with those tower‑emitters of a “psi-field” (okay, we could even turn on a “field of fear” already, as long as it works one hundred percent!) and—bang!—no more of their stupid corporate conflicts out of nowhere; no more barbaric meeting organization, where everyone is late, drags things out, pretends, shows off, wriggles out of things. Phew. I want to bring a case study and right away—so that “poof”—everyone gets it, breaks it down, really takes it to heart, soars, and goes off to create. TOGETHER!
8) I’m over 40, I want to slow down and see the depth instead of an endless race
When you’re already over 40 and you want to slow down, switch off that “pioneering enthusiasm” mode, and see the depth and meaning in the people around you, in the departments, in their decisions and actions. So that people finally start using their brains. So that the strengthening effect of your environment really works—and feels joyful.
Do you recognize yourself in these points?
Answer in the comments to the Telegram post using numbers separated by commas: 1,2,4,6,8 — which number is yours? )
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