{"id":2679,"date":"2019-07-26T03:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2019-07-25T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T13:15:09","slug":"promotion-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/promotion-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Secrets to Set Yourself Up for Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

How To Take Ownership of Promotion<\/span>?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Producing For Others – Part 5<\/span><\/h3>\n

You\u2019d be surprised that the average person isn’t thinking promotion.\u00a0 The average person only looks for their annual increase if that\u2019s available and their weekly payday.\u00a0 I had a friend who worked for me in the past. That means I was his boss and I remember praying for him as an employee (which I do for all those that I directly influence).\u00a0 I recall God impressing upon me to speak to the employee regarding their annual merit increase. You see this employee wasn\u2019t one who\u2019d give it much thought. The thing is, the two people who had a role in whether or not this employee would receive an annual increase were the two of us.\u00a0 Since I could directly impact his merit increase, we agreed to work together to get at least the minimum amount available based on performance. The point is this, why leave something on the table when you have direct control of it? This is what we call promotion; it\u2019s not just a position or even increase in rate of pay, but an increase in a person\u2019s value.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The Thought or Concept:<\/span>
\n<\/span>So the question is simple, how can we (one) better situate ourselves for promotion?\u00a0 Now that we know what promotion is and have our mind on it. Let\u2019s not leave anything on the table.\u00a0 Let\u2019s figure out how we can be the best in our field, job, role, or responsibility. The worse case scenario would be that your company doesn\u2019t recognize the effort you\u2019re giving and the value you\u2019re providing.\u00a0 In this case, you\u2019ve gotten yourself more skills to offer the next company. You\u2019ve increased your value and thusly can demand higher compensation. It\u2019s just that simple, but it\u2019s all in your hands. Let\u2019s get to the how and I promise you, these thoughts aren’t \u201cnormal\u201d practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Practice:
\n<\/span>These are five actions you can make to position yourself for growth and promotion:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Take advantage of your one-on-one conversations with your direct supervisor.<\/b>
    \n<\/span>While it\u2019s natural to worry or stress-out about meeting with your supervisor, if you take my advice from this web-post, you\u2019ll learn to enjoy it.\u00a0 The reason we stress is only because we feel we\u2019re under-performing to our supervisor\u2019s expectations. When I fell into this category, do you know what I did?\u00a0 I changed how the one-on-one conversations went. I prepared for them and got the necessary feedback to figure out the easiest way I could improve. Ask your supervisor for help before your supervisor recommends you need help. \u00a0 Ask your supervisor, what you could work on and do better? How can you be a better help to meeting their needs? Ouch… I knew you weren’t ready for that. Now for the next action you can take to situate yourself for promotion.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Please only one person. <\/b>
    \n<\/span>Many people (I\u2019ve seen time and time again) make this next mistake.\u00a0 They try to please too many people in the workplace. The last person you should try to please are your coworkers.\u00a0 The only person who has to be pleased with your work performance is the person who evaluates your performance. But what about the president of the company or your boss\u2019s boss?\u00a0 No. That\u2019s the boss\u2019s job. Your job is to perform to the expectations of the one who\u2019s giving you your evaluation. When you do this life (work) becomes simple. There\u2019s no confusion.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Don\u2019t compare yourself against anyone else.<\/b>
    \n<\/span>Don\u2019t play the comparison game.\u00a0 Often when you compare yourself to others on the job, you\u2019re comparing yourself to another ordinary person.\u00a0 That gets you no further than ordinary. Instead compare yourself to yourself. In what ways, can you do the job you do better?\u00a0 When you think of your own ways of doing what you do better, it\u2019s easy to achieve this little extra that will set you apart and make you extra-ordinary in your position.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Research information on other companies and how your role, job, or responsibility is performed.<\/b>
    \n<\/span>This tip is good because it will help you get outside of how things have always been done.\u00a0 Find others who do similar jobs so that you can learn, what corporations call, \u201cbest practices.\u201d\u00a0 You\u2019re looking for better ways and techniques to do what you do. Also share your techniques with others, this will get you ready for leading a team of people to do what you already do.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Write it down, make it happen.<\/b>
    \n<\/span>Lastly, write it down and make it happen.\u00a0 Keep a log, journal, or working documents of what you\u2019re doing and how you\u2019re improving.\u00a0 Keep notes like you would a training guide. You see you\u2019re getting ready for promotion and you need to build your mental muscles and let them know you\u2019re not staying in this spot much longer.\u00a0 Write everything you know down; it\u2019s valuable to those who will do your job once you\u2019re promoted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Today is Friday!
    \n<\/span>When I share information like this I get excited.\u00a0 No one has ever shared these tips with me. I picked them up along the way.\u00a0 I know if you take hold of what I\u2019m suggesting and put it into practice, I\u2019ll see you become the best version of you, the world has yet to see.\u00a0 Your promotion is on its way and it can\u2019t be stopped.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Until next Friday, share this with anyone you know is talking about wanting to be promoted.\u00a0 It\u2019s their time and yours. Thanks for visiting Kerry A. Clark & Co.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    What\u2019s necessary for a person to better situate themselves for promotion? Is this something I can take control of? Sure it is. In fact, I\u2019m going to put \u201cpromotion\u201d in your hands and not someone else\u2019s. Here\u2019s how\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-producing-for-others","8":"category-production-and-development","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190726-TIF-Blog-Five-Secrets-to-Set-Yourself-Up-for-Promotion.png?fit=760%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4jb7V-Hd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions\/2683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}