{"id":2687,"date":"2022-08-01T08:25:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T08:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:37:27","slug":"pigeonholedlimiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/pigeonholedlimiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Being Pigeonholed Limiting Your Career?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The world is a hectic place&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And we are all bombarded with millions of different pieces of data every minute.<\/p>\n<p>To make sense of the world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We all make <strong>snap judgments quickly<\/strong> so that we can free up some headspace to process the next million data points heading our way.<\/p>\n<h2>So, what does that mean for you?<\/h2>\n<p>What that means, is that people (your boss, your clients, your peers) are making judgments and arriving at decisions about you very quickly too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Which, at times, can be <strong>extremely helpful<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Especially if those all-or-nothing labels run along these lines:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s a <strong>natural leader<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s a <strong>team player<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s an exceptional <strong>critical thinker<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s <strong>top 10% talent<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s adding <strong>tonnes of commercial value<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In instances like these, the labelling works massively in your favour&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Because labels are all-encompassing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Meaning, the single label can have a wide reaching positive impact on how you are perceived generally.<\/p>\n<p>The world truly becomes your oyster!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2688 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Authentic-Leadership-Code-Adobe-Stock-small-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Authentic-Leadership-Code-Adobe-Stock-small-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Authentic-Leadership-Code-Adobe-Stock-small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Authentic-Leadership-Code-Adobe-Stock-small-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Authentic-Leadership-Code-Adobe-Stock-small-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Authentic-Leadership-Code-Adobe-Stock-small-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Authentic-Leadership-Code-Adobe-Stock-small-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>But, what if those labels are restricting you?<\/h2>\n<p>What if those labels are restricting you somehow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Or are downright negative instead?<\/p>\n<p>I regularly have clients seek out my help because they feel they are <strong>not being perceived<\/strong> as they would like to be.<\/p>\n<p>They feel pigeonholed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Deeply limited&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Stuck&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And, as a consequence, are often struggling with confidence concerns too.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What if <strong>you are being limited<\/strong> by the &#8216;labels&#8217; that key decision makers are applying to you?<\/p>\n<p>What might those labels look like?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2689 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/disengaged-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/disengaged-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/disengaged-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/disengaged-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/disengaged-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/disengaged-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/disengaged-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some common examples I hear in my coaching practice to get the ball rolling&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>See if any of these rings true for you:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s <strong>operational only<\/strong>, not strategic.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s<strong> not leadership<\/strong> material.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She shows <strong>little ambition<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Can you see how the <em>all-or-nothing<\/em> nature of labels can be so <em>restrictive and damaging<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>As well as limiting the scope of your career trajectory&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Labels can also be applied in a behavioural way.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, your boss might have observed a <strong>specific behaviour<\/strong> in you and that critical observation now forms their <em>entire perception<\/em> of you:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s a<strong> blocker of ideas<\/strong>; she shuts people down.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s <strong>didactic<\/strong>, non-inclusive.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;She&#8217;s <strong>too difficult to deal with<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Labels <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">diminish you to the label<\/span>&#8230; and little beyond it.<\/p>\n<p>And it can make it difficult, once that judgment has been made, for your boss to perceive all the other qualities you (do) offer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2690\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Laugh-colleagues.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2692 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-22-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-22-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-22-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-22-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-22-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-22-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-22.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2690\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Laugh-colleagues.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">So how can you change unhelpful perceptions of you?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Changing perceptions (and their resultant labels) is actually easier than you think.<\/p>\n<p>#1<\/p>\n<p>Your first step is to become <strong>consciously aware<\/strong> of what your boss&#8217; limiting perception actually could be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(If you haven&#8217;t identified that just yet, loop back round to the top of this article and get brutally honest about how you think you&#8217;re currently being perceived).<\/p>\n<p>#2<\/p>\n<p>Decide how happy (out of 10) you are about your boss having that perception of you.<\/p>\n<p>#3<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s bothering you enough and you feel like it&#8217;s <strong>holding you back<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Take action.<\/p>\n<p><em>Doing nothing will change nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So get some support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get some help.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always blown away by the <strong>shift in available opportunities<\/strong> that occurs for my clients once they address the issues like these that are holding them back.<\/p>\n<p>Often making small changes&#8230; can have HUGE positive impacts!<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca x<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2368\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4311-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4311-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4311-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4311-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4311-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4311-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4311-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/>P.P.S. 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