The Hardest Thing to Give Up

I’m in the midst of some changes in my role at GiANT - things that will help me be able to focus my attention even more succinctly and things that will increase the impact that I will be able to have on what we are about as a company.

Sitting in some meetings this week, thinking and talking through other changes taking place, I realized that change is something that can be both good and bad, easy and difficult for people - depending on the situation and what is required.

The perfect place to be in is one where you are responsible for doing the things that you are not only good at, but enjoy doing as well.
The worst place to be in is one where you are responsible for things that you are not very good at, and do not enjoy, either.
The hardest place to change from is one where you enjoy the things you do, but where you are not the best person to be doing them.

It’s easy to take things off your plate that are no fun and that you are no good at. When the situation allows, those things need to be moved to someone else. Sometimes that very move might be in moving you out of the company for the greater good. Hopefully, you have more to contribute in other areas and are just sitting in the wrong ‘seat.’

But, many times, the most needed change is in moving things into someone else’s space who can do more, and do better with them, even if they are things you enjoy.

We don’t always see ‘the greater good’ in those situations because our own desires can mask the fact that it isn’t the best fit.

What are the things that are a part of your space right now - things that you enjoy doing, even - that would do better in someone else’s hands?

Posted 09.03.2009

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Daniel Decker shared their voice on 09.11.2009:

Curious what changes you are making to enable you to focus more succinctly.

Chris shared their voice on 09.12.2009:

I’ve been overseeing the product sales for GiANT for the past year or so. I’m handing this responsibility, along with handling our enewsletters/marketing emails, to others in the company.

In all of these cases I was definitely competent, but didn’t have enough bandwidth with everything else to be able to give it all I had. These changes are going to enable others to step in and give more time to our product & online marketing strategies.

They’ll also free up a big block of my time to invest more in being a technology/online/new initiatives leader for the company. I’ll be coming alongside all our other teams and leading the way for innovation to make us better & bring our service to our customers/clients to the next level.

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