A Legacy roadmap is a strategic career overview taking into account one’s professional legacy, the impact on the organisation, and the possibilities for future impact.
Where you stand: The first step towards creating a legacy roadmap is understanding your own legacy. How did you come to be what you are professionally? If you have achieved a certain peak in your career, what
- What are your biggest strengths?
- In what area would you consider yourself an expert?
- What are your most important achievements?
- In which fields do you have the most useful contacts?
- What are the most valuable professional lessons you have learned?
Where the company stands: If you are to consider moving on to a different field of activity, is the company prepared to handle your absence? How can it carry on doing what you did?
- Are there procedures in place for handing down knowledge?
- Have you identified any potential successors from the colleagues who already work with you?
- Will you be available to offer assistance if necessary?
- How do you see the future of your current position?
The future: Knowing what impacts you have created so far, where do you see the next step? What do you want all your experience and skills to result in?
- Who is this impact for? Yourself? Your company? The wider society?
- How can this impact look like? Is it a new product? A service? Or something entirely different?
- How can you achieve that impact? In your company? By changing positions? By changing your field if activity?
This information was part of the SASSI LLC training materials. If you want to learn more, visit the Guide to becoming an Olderpreneur on the SASSI Hub.
