You may get to the top of your profession without anyone asking you if you are any good. And that sounds absurd. But aside from some diligent form-filling, a tub-thumping speech at a high-profile conference, and the ability to get along with your colleagues, it’s entirely possible that no one has ever asked you “Are you any good at your job?”
No one has ever asked me if I’m any good at coaching? A few people have challenged my technical knowledge but never my thinking or my behaviours. Interesting, don’t you think?
Rather than waiting to be asked, maybe it’s time we started asking ourselves.