In this short, we're talking about how staying in your role can be really good for your growth.

So very often in careers, we're given this kind of narrative that up is the only way,

success is about seniority, and we should all be thinking about our next step.

And that can create quite a lot of pressure

for you and your progression, particularly if you're thinking, I quite like the job that I do

and I don't really want to be forced to look at other things and always think about five years

into my future when actually I just want to do more of what I enjoy. And it's a really ladder-like way

of thinking about careers. So in some

ways, you'd hope this wasn't a thing anymore, but we know that it is because people get in touch

with us and actually ask for advice on how do I talk to my manager about the fact that I really enjoy

the job that I already do. So I think this sometimes comes up because people have got maybe performance

or career conversations. So often I get an email. I'll be like, I've got to speak to my manager

next week about my progression. Like how do I frame the fact that I want to stay where I am today

in a positive way where I'm then not going to be overlooked for interesting opportunities?

Also, I think sometimes it can be sparked by comparison.

Maybe other people are going off and doing different things.

And maybe that somehow means you put pressure on yourself to feel like, well,

am I making the wrong choice here?

Because that's not what I want to do.

But growing in your role can be really good because I think you convert what you've learnt in the first year, in the first couple of years into impact.

And I really remember some excellent advice from Carolyn McCall, who's now the chief executive of ITV, that she sort of passed on in a mentoring session that I was in where she said she got that advice, like stay in your

role for a bit longer than maybe you might imagine because you'll sort of get to this tipping

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