#06: Dr. Sarabeth Berk - Your Professional Identity Is More Than Your Job Title

Dr. Sarabeth Berk's life work was born out of her own professional identity crisis. For years, she felt stuck and pigeonholed in her career path, and she had a hard time realising and verbalising who she was. The absolute “aha” moment came when she was interviewing people working in different industries and they all had the same feedback : they felt misunderstood, and not well represented by their job titles. That’s when she realised workers can be hybrids, the combination of all their work identities, instead of only experts, generalists, or jacks-of-all-trades.And this completely changed how she saw herself and how she wanted to be seen in her work.In this episode Dr. Berk shines an interesting new light on:→ The different types of professional identities → What are the right questions to ask when looking for a career path→ "Optimal distinctiveness", something we should aim for as professionals→ How companies and individuals can work together for a better future at workThis was such an exciting conversation for me that I had to share! I hope you enjoy it too.