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Scenario

When academic partnerships face identity conflicts during career milestones

My research partner and I are both up for tenure this year and the process is making us confront how differently we think about academic identity and success - they're more willing to play the game and I'm questioning whether I even want to be the kind of scholar this system rewards, and it's creating tension in our collaboration.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two collaborators are discovering incompatible values about professional authenticity during a high-stakes transition that will define their future identities.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Life transitions as identity events?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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