There are three types of professional identities in the workforce. So singularity is the first type. And we usually reference this as experts and specialists. People that only have one professional identity, a singularity, the second type is multiplicity. You have many identities, and we referenced these people as generalists and gig workers, freelancers, or any version of multi-talented multi-passionate multi-hyphenate because that just means many.
The third type of identity is hybridity. So think of a Venn diagram, and suddenly the circles are intersecting and overlapping. They defy labels. So we need workers in the singularity bucket and workers in the multiples seat, and workers in the hybridity because the three of those together are doing different functions and serving a purpose on a team or in a business. Have to be your identity at the time? Could you give us an example of maybe what that looks like?
Yeah, definitely. Like how does that fit together? They wear a lot of hats. And it serves a new role in the workforce. Is it more of that- I have my own understanding of who I am and the value that I bring? What does that mean for the individual when we kind of now finally understands ourselves in this different way?
I love that. You know, earlier in my career, everyone was saying, Sarabeth, Beth, you can have a lot of interests, but you just have to choose one thing, right? Like, pick a path. And I had multiple interests, and I loved art. I love design. I love teaching. So I ended up in the classroom, and I got compartmentalized, right? And that became the identity I was known for. So I felt like I was being pigeon-holed, and I had to sort of turn on and off different parts of myself, depending on where I showed up or who knew me.
That felt really exhausting and unfulfilling, right? I would go to one part of my job and just be that one thing. And then I would switch gears like at night or on the weekends. And I felt that I wanted to be seen. And I wanted to find a place in the workforce where I belonged because all of those different parts of myself mattered. So this notion of figuring out your hybrid professional identity is finally realized, realizing your fullest and truest professional self.
And first of all, being able to identify it for you. Like, I did not know what to call myself as an artist, educator, researcher, designer. So the trick as a hybrid is the relationships between those identities. You have to be able to make sense of it for other people and for yourself.
So at my convergence, that intersection of those four. And you notice themes. And the themes that came up for me were being this like challenger and questioner and pushing people and whatnot. When all four of my identities are working in harmony, that helped me finally feel like I knew who I was and I could tell their people. I was a merchandise analyst. What does that even mean? Is it as simple as just saying like, I have different interests, this is what brings me joy, or is it much more complex than that?
So personally, I think identity work is the first step, not your resume. But, it does start with this notion when I ask people, okay, tell me what you do. And most people start just listing a number of things.
I call that what are your primary professional identities? They are your truest areas of expertise. So first, it really is kind of doing a self-assessment of, like, what are my professional identities, list them out, and then narrowing it down, which are the ones that are truly my best area and light me up.
And I have a love, and I want to tell the world about it, and then the next step after that is a Venn diagram, put those primary identities into a circle and notice, okay, now who am I in the intersection between these different identities? I hear that a lot from people. And I go, Oh my gosh, did you just hear what you said? And so we have these like identity realization moments.
But when I can see how I can act, and I do that, how, in terms of recognizing, I do bring a lot of value to this team. Do we know each other? So doing this kind of identity work with your team members and colleagues helps everybody strip away these job titles and start to reveal the words they want to call themselves and be known as, which is a very different way of being in your work.
Just pretty basic. When I did that double sort of introduction of my formal job title and then my hybrid title, people saw me differently. I got a different response and reaction. They would like to lean in and become intrigued. And it would open up dialogue because they saw me as more than just this program director, they really understood me, and there was more value created, and I felt a better sense of connection and understanding between us.
So that is so important. I feel like hybridity and how we see ourselves is just such a compliment to really bringing the collective intelligence of a team, helping that team understand that you are all more than whatever. I know I still need to flush out my hybrid title and what that would be. But if I think about myself, not as a Leadership Development Strategist or Facilitator, but as a Connector, that inspires me to also take different actions into going all-in on really wanting to enhance that value that I bring.
I think that that hybridity also just helps to understand and reduce our own confusion about what makes us work. But when we can start to break that into, you said, three or four little things, you can see so much value. And I feel like you show up in a, in a greater way. Or I guess if I come down to even the limitations of titles. I think about what it means to be a director at one organization versus what it means to be a director at another, and they could have the exact same title.
It could be a customer experience director, whatever that might be. And the makeup of that role could be completely different. But then how do you even go and interview with a company? Instead of saying, no, let me tell you why you want me. Maybe that was a tangent. I know, but I love that. You just hit the nail on the head. Like, how many coaches have you met and how many sales directors and just, we need to be able to use more than just these standard job titles, which are, you know, really about hierarchy and social ranking and status.
And then also showing them that you appreciate them, that you see their value. And then, I feel like I can also self-motivate in a much different way in terms of adding value. I just love this topic. But I think when we look at hybridity like Cyber Security Analyst is a hybrid job. So the non-linear career path is the norm. Like we need to get out of this old thinking. I just wear a lot of hats.
I do whatever. No, I, yeah. Where are you producing the most value? Why is this important today? I mean, I think, and I know we talked about this too because the future of work is going to be different.
And I love that you talked about non-linear paths are not the norm and the way that they once were. I just think this is so important for where the future of work is going to go. And I just want to say. If I said non-linear is not the norm, I meant the other way around. The non-linear is the norm.
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