TV Executive Dishes When to Resign: 'Am I Learning?'
The following interview in The Wall Street Journal really struck a chord. Courteney Monroe, chief executive of National Geographic Channels, previously worked in marketing at HBO for 13 years.
When is the right time to leave a job? If you’re not learning, if you’re not challenged, if you’re not still making a difference — all answers point to moving on. Mentioning it’s an easy to stay somewhere too long, Monroe highlighted that you have to actively manage your career to avoid settling into that rut.
Here’s an excerpt:
“You have to be asking yourself the question, ‘Am I still learning?’ ‘Am I still challenged?’ ‘Am I still making a difference?’ ‘Am I adding value that no one else there is adding?’ If the answers to those questions are, ‘No,’ you need to be honest with yourself.
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