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Self-Management 10:29 30 September 2025

Job Title vs. Job Role | The Benefits of Roles-based Working

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About this video

Job titles are useless. Instead we want to put our real focus into job roles.

In this video, I break down the difference between a job title vs a job role, why titles are outdated, and how focusing on roles instead can create clarity, motivation, and stronger teamwork.

In this video, I cover:

✅ Why job titles are often unhelpful

✅ The benefits of job roles

✅ The mindset shift needed to let go of titles

✅ Practical steps your team can try today

⌚️TIME STAMPS ⌚️

0:00 Intro

0:37 Job Title vs. Job Role

1:34 Why do job titles cause problems?

2:28 The Benefits of Job Roles

6:41 Practices to try

8:27 Role tools

ROLES BLOG 👨‍💻

I write a detailed blog about the difference between roles and titles here;

https://libertymind.co.uk/whose-job-is-it-anyway-job-title-vs-job-role/

RESOURCES MENTIONED 🔗

Maptio; https://maptio.com/

Peerdom; https://peerdom.com/

Glassfrog; https://www.glassfrog.com/

OTHER LINKS 🔗

https://libertymind.co.uk/

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WHO AM I? 🤓

Hi! - If you're new here, I'm Lizzie, a culture coach based in the UK. I help teams, start-ups and businesses create great places to work through alternative ways of working. Through my videos, my podcast and my blog I share practical ideas about how we can make work better. And share my experience as a founder, business owner and personal-development junkie.

Lizzie Benton
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About the author

Lizzie Benton

Founder & Self-management Specialist

A curious explorer for new ways of working

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