{"id":178186,"date":"2026-01-16T17:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factorialhr.com\/blog\/factorial-play\/videos\/from-player-to-president-how-does-a-role-change-affect-you-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:01:47","slug":"from-player-to-president-how-does-a-role-change-affect-you-2","status":"publish","type":"factorial_video","link":"https:\/\/factorialhr.co.uk\/blog\/factorial-play\/videos\/from-player-to-president-how-does-a-role-change-affect-you-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From “player”” to “”president””: how does a role change affect you?”"},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_video_type":"highlight","_related_series":167693,"_related_episode":178164,"_related_season":0,"_video_source":"vimeo","_youtube_video_id":"","_vimeo_video_id":"1116818836","_speaker_id":177263,"_video_description":"In her discussion, Nitya Fajardo explores the evolution of leadership roles, comparing it to a football transition from player to president. As leaders, individuals shift from being active contributors within a team (like an account executive or manager) to adopting a strategic oversight role, which can often lead to feelings of isolation. Fajardo emphasizes the importance of maintaining strong communication and connection with team members to navigate this loneliness, highlighting the value of understanding their motivations and fostering a supportive team environment. This approach not only enhances team management (gesti\u00f3n del equipo) but also aligns with company values (valores de la empresa) and career planning (plan de carreras). According to Nitya Fajardo, engaging with your team during informal moments can significantly boost morale and motivation. Don\u2019t miss more tips and insights on leadership in the full episode.","_video_transcription":"00:04 - Surviving a change of role.\n00:10 - Wow! A ball!From \"player\" to \"president\":how does a change of role affect you?\n00:20 - This brings me to a comparison for example,how a role can change.\n00:28 - For example, how does the role change in football?\n00:32 - You might start out as a player on the pitch with your teammates,running after the ball to reach a common goal.\n00:42 - This is like the case of, when you are an account executive,you're also an individual contributor, that is, an IC or an SDR.\n00:48 - Or even a manager of a small team, you're really pushing forward,running alongside everyone else towards a common goal.\n00:56 - Sure, we're all running towards a goal.but this would be on a more individual level.\n01:01 - Then, at some point, you move on to becoming the coach of that team.\n01:06 - That would be the equivalent of a team leader or a manager.\n01:11 - It's the same idea: you're training your team to reach a goal.\n01:14 - You're still chasing that goal, but now from a different perspective.\n01:18 - But you keep going into the dressing room with the players,you're still there with them, enjoying every match, goal and victory,celebrating with them in the dressing room.\n01:30 - And when you keep growing, you become what would be the president of the football club.\n01:38 - And you see it differently.You might now be in the box,surrounded by another kind of profiles, VCs, suppliers who are there watching how they play.\n01:52 - And as you grow,you move away from the field.In this case for me, I would say, the battlefield,and that means you're now in a much more strategic position.\n02:04 - So, you really lose the part of enjoyment and have to learn to enjoy the other part,especially when you've come from kicking the ball around.\n02:16 - I think that's basically the comparison I'd make.And that leads me to the idea of maybe feeling lonelier as a leader stuck in thinking about the best strategy or moving the right pieces so that not only the match is won, but also the league,the Champions League, or whatever it takes.\n02:36 - But you keep being a bit more distant and a bit more on your own.\n02:42 - Still, I think that if you learn to enjoy that part, you eventually realize that you're also contributing from the more strategic side and that you contribute a lot.\n02:54 - Is there another way you keep yourself motivated when leadership starts to feel a bit lonely?\n03:01 - How do I personally stay motivated to somehow avoid that feeling of solitude?\n03:07 - Well, I might be exaggerating a little.But I do think it's something many leaders experience even if they don't say it out loud, because in the end you surround yourself with other leaders.\n03:18 - That really helps,because I think we all feel the same way to some extent.\n03:23 - We also make a great team as well and you learn to enjoy that part.\n03:27 - As I mentioned before, since I'm someone who loves being close to the team,who loves people,and being close to them, I try to find little moments when they go for lunch, I sit down and eat with them,when they're having a coffee,I join them and have a coffee too.\n03:44 - I do, I approach people, I talk to them,I try to listen, I try to get to know who they are, what they like,what motivates them, what they're passionate about,because I think it's really important as well.\n03:56 - 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