61 ways to position yourself for a job promotion
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61 Ways to Position YourselfFOR A JOB PROMOTION
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Maintain an outstanding track record of performance
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Have initiative, do more than is required
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Develop high impact solutions and ideas
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Periodically send your boss a list of your major accomplishments
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Be flexible and adapt well to change
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Be a good communicator
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Help others
- 8 -
Network within and outside your department
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Develop strong negotiation skills
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Provide superior customer service at all times
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Maintain a good attitude and be easy to get along with
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Be willing to learn, be teachable
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Maintain confidentiality
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Celebrate other people's successes
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Have integrity
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Dress well and professionally
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Represent your company in events, workshops and
conferences
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Learn the big picture about the organization and
how it works
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Write company blogs, articles and publications or do
company videos
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Have a mentor
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Solve problems
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Pay attention to details
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Be tactful and diplomatic
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Have a good attendance record
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Keep your boss up to date
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Develop a deep mastery of the company and care
deeply about the company
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Seek and use feedback well
- 28 -
Let your boss hear bad news from you first
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Consult others, listen to others inputs, opinions and
suggestions
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Be creative and innovative
- 31 -
Undertake professional development training to
sharpen your skills
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Increase your educational qualifications
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Take time to know the boss as a person. Understand your
boss' interests, likes & dislikes
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Share the credit
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Take intelligent risks
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Learn from your failures and mistakes
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Be patient
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Train others
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Show ambition and desire to grow in your career
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Support your manager. Feed your boss with success
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Be decisive. Develop the ability to make good
decisions
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Develop good presentation skills
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Respect your boss and colleagues
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Build strong working relationships in your
department and others
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Be resourceful - efficiently manage scarce resources.
Do more with less
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Be consistent and reliable
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Be a team player; interact and work well with others.
Collaborate with others
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Masterfully manage meetings
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Perform at a level higher than your current job;
demonstrate potential to move up
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Stay abreast of the competition, industry, trends
and regulations
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Keep track of your accomplishments, quantify
your results
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Ask good questions
- 53 -
Be humble
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Volunteer especially on interdepartmental projects
and teams
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Participate in informal company events such as
staff parties
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Talk to superstars in the organization, ask how they
succeeded
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Attract or bring in more money, customers or clients
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Discover or establish new markets
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Propose new products or services
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Watch and learn how those who have been promoted
do their jobs
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Ask for a promotion
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