Last week I wrote about becoming a guru in your field through public speaking and doing your job better and better. However, unless you tell people about the stuff you are doing well, you might as well not bother.
If you think you will be recognized and noticed just by doing well, then you will be waiting a long time for that promotion or pay rise. You have to remind your manager and the other senior staff about your successes and strengths. Most of us shy away from singing our own praises, but you can talk about your success in a way which is professional, confident and clear but isn’t boasting.
Ways to do this could be: offering to write a case study about how you won that client, completed that project or improved a process; get client testimonials and forward on to your manager for use in proposals or tenders; be excited about your work and talk to others about what you are doing (if not confidential) - they will be sure to ask how it went when they see you next; offer to train new staff in your areas of expertise; share your goals, wins and learnings at meetings openly - by sharing your learnings as well as your wins, you will avoid sounding too egotistical.
Try any or all of the above ways to really showcase your success at work. Don’t forget to heap praise on others and give others the floor when they do well. Helping others to be successful or rewarding others gets you noticed too.
Do one thing this week to prove your abilities to others and get noticed this week. You deserve to stand out from the crowd!
Jo Mills
Career Analysts - Career Success Coaches
www.careeranalysts.co.nz