Why Your Private Status Is the Final Profession Insurance coverage When You Outgrow Your Employer
For decades, prestigious employers and corporate hierarchies decided who deserved professional influence. Now, individuals are taking control of their own career capital.
EXPERT OPINION BY ALICIA TELTZ, FOUNDER, THE HYPE DEPARTMENT
For decades, prestigious employers, universities, and corporate hierarchies decided who deserved professional influence. Now, individuals are challenging the traditional gatekeepers and rewriting the rules of success.
Professional success historically followed a fairly predictable formula. Get a good education. Join a prestigious company. Work hard. Climb the corporate ladder. Collect impressive job titles, and eventually, people would take you seriously.
Your credibility was largely determined by the institutions
Your credibility was largely determined by the institutions willing to put their names next to yours—but the institutions that once controlled professional influence are losing their monopoly on it. And I believe we’re witnessing one of the biggest shifts in the future of work.
When an employee becomes more influential than their CEO
Imagine two people working at the same company. One is the CEO, with 20 years of leadership experience and responsibility for thousands of employees. The other is a relatively junior employee who regularly shares thoughtful industry insights on LinkedIn.
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The CEO has 2,000 followers, the employee has 100,000. Who has more influence? Inside the organisation, the answer is probably obvious. But outside it?
The employee might have greater access to industry
The employee might have greater access to industry conversations, speaking opportunities, media attention, and potential employers. That’s a remarkable redistribution of professional power.
For decades, your employer’s reputation helped determine your own. Today, your individual reputation can become an asset that exists independently of your employer. And sometimes, that asset can become more valuable than the job title on your business card.
Source: www.inc.com
