Episode 30: The Identity Gap - When Your Role Evolves Faster Than You Do

In this episode of The Orange Twist, Giovanna explores a quiet but deeply familiar leadership experience: the moment when your role has already evolved… but part of you hasn’t caught up yet.It often doesn’t look like a problem from the outside. You’re delivering, the team is moving, things are working. And yet, internally, something feels slightly out of sync.Through a real conversation with a leader stepping into a bigger role, this episode lingers in that subtle gap between who you’ve been and what the role is now asking from you.Why do we keep stepping into details we no longer need to own? Why do we still feel the need to prove something that no one is asking us to prove anymore? And what happens when we begin, even tentatively, to let go?This is not about quick fixes or leadership models. It’s about noticing the small habits that keep us anchored in an outdated version of ourselves… and experimenting, gently, with something different.A reflection on identity, trust, and the discomfort of growing into a role that requires less doing… and more space.The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders. Connect with Giovanna on LinkedIn. New episodes released regularly. Stay curious.