The 2 traits that are most likely to lead to you being promoted

Employee A - “When will I ever get promoted?  I have been in this position for 4 years!!”

Employee B - “I have delivered positive results for the last 2 years!  Where is my promotion?”

Sound familiar?

A. It is comical how some people believe that tenure still counts for a lot in helping someone get that next promotion.  HINT. If you are at a company that values tenure for a promotion, leave that company immediately. You most likely do not work at a progressive company and they are likely not well positioned to battle their competition in the future.

B. Just because you have delivered positive results, your colleague may also be delivering positive results but more importantly, also displaying behaviours that have been identified as being critical to the company.

How do figure out what your company is really looking for from you? and not just what it says in your job description?

 Ask yourself:

Who is your customer?

It has been said that a customer is anyone who you rely on for success. 

 Ask yourself:

1.  Why am I on the Payroll?

2.  Write down everything that you can think of to answer that question.

 It is often amazing how many people don’t realize all the precise activities where they provide value.  Sales is an easier field to determine success but the other areas of an organization are more difficult to identify.

 Once you write down all these reasons as to why you receive your pay check every 2 weeks, bring that list to your boss.  Have them identify the Top Three reasons AND have them prioritize the top three.  They can add to the list if you missed the boat on one of their priorities! So much work is dumped on employees, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish what is truly important and what is the current flavour of the moment.

Focus on those top three priorities and whenever you touch base with your boss let them know the up to the minute status on the progress with those three priorities. 

 Success magazine once polled over 100 CEO’s from Blue Chip companies and asked them what the most important qualities were for career success and career advancement.

They were as follows:

 1.  The ability to set priorities while separating things of importance from things that were just noise.

2.  The ability to get the job done quickly and done well.

 The second point may seem easier said than done, but when you identify what is important, the second item becomes much easier to deliver as you become much more efficient with your time.

Farewell,

Mike