Don't be overlooked for promotion at work. Apply the The PVI-model of career advancement by reading my Getting Ahead book https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Ahead-Three-Steps-Career/dp/0470915870/ It will show you what makes one person more successful than another. The most successful leaders have gotten to where they are by leveraging and applying perception, visibility, and influence better than anyone else.
Here are a few common misconceptions of many people who give their all to their organization:
• My boss automatically sees my successes.
• People in positions of power are tracking my successes.
• Talent is what makes people rise to the top.
• I’ll automatically be considered for promotion; I won’t have to show I want it first.
Too often, people assume their work will speak for itself. But frankly, most people are too busy with their own jobs to truly assess how much you’re contributing to the organization. We think that if we achieve great results, we won’t get overlooked for promotion at work. Hard work doesn’t mean increasing your exposure and influencing others’ perception of you, though.
That means you have to tell them.
In the video, Joel relays a story about how a woman named Wendy was dumbfounded when her coworker, Janet, received a promotion rather than her. Wendy felt she contributed far more than Janet, spending countless evenings going the extra mile while her coworkers went home. She knew that she and her team achieved much greater results than Janet and hers. Why had she gotten overlooked for promotion at work despite the great work she’d done for the company for the past 17 years?
In other words, what did Janet have that she didn’t? Well, as it turned out, Janet had put daily effort into making herself visible to people with power. She articulated herself very well, and shared her accomplishments with others. As a result, Janet had excellent visibility, while Wendy did not.
A lightbulb went off in Wendy’s head when she heard the news. She’d ascribed to the idea that her work would speak for itself, but it wasn’t. She needed to do more of what Janet was doing—build relationships with people who could influence her career, speak up in meetings, and become truly seen for what she gave to the company.
For Wendy’s next review, which took place about a month after she was overlooked for the promotion at work, she worked on creating 10 pages of notes outlining all her accomplishments and their results.
This time, her boss and her boss’s boss were dumbfounded. They hadn’t seen the full extent of what Wendy was doing for the organization, but they couldn’t argue with the evidence.
Everyone should ask themselves if they’re getting the exposure they deserve. We all need to give people the chance to recognize and reward our achievements by forging relationships with leaders and making ourselves visible in the workplace.
Visit https://garfinkleexecutivecoaching.com to browse through Joel’s hundreds of articles on cultivating career advancement and details on his executive coaching program. His coaching program will help you remove obstacles that limit advancement and provides a clear path to the next level.
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