What Do You Like Most About Your Job?

Your leadership highlight reel:
Start by identifying what you like most about your job.
What do you like most about your job? When you reflect on your career (so far), what’s the highlight reel? What are you most PROUD of in your leadership? What brings you JOY?
There are so many good reasons to reflect on this question.
First, when you’re stressed, under pressure, or things just aren’t going your way, asking yourself, “What do I like most about my job,” can be incredibly grounding.
It’s also a great interview question (to ask or be prepared to answer). I almost always ask people I’m interviewing about what they like most (and least about their current job), and what they’re most proud of when they reflect on their career.
What’s in your Leadership Highlight Reel?
I recently stumbled upon one of my first media interviews in 2013, when I was wrapping up a two-decade career at Verizon and launching Let’s Grow Leaders.
I was honored with Liz Wiseman’s Multiplier of the Year award (so they sent a film crew to my house to ask a few provocative questions). So exciting!
Nearly a dozen years later, I’m struck by my answer to this question.
“When you look back at your career at Verizon, what is the highlight reel?”
What strikes me watching my younger, less wrinkly, shorter-haired self answer that question….
My answer would still be the same.
Growing Leaders.