Here’s Rainmaker’s Personal Promotion Plan Continued

Acquire new knowledge and skills

• Expand your knowledge and skills sets in areas that are critical to the organisation
• Technology and other forces change rapidly
• You need ever-increasing skills not only to perform your job, but to stay marketable.
• Employees who want to get ahead should keep current with industry news and events
• However pay attention to trends and events outside of your area too

Become a Master Office politian

•  Relationships with others become more important as your career advances.
• Senior roles demand a higher level of political sensitivity,
• Show that you can navigate the minefield of office politics.
• Communicate openly and transparently
• If you must confront someone about a situation, go through formal channels.

Continuously Build your Network

•  It really is not enough to work very hard if nobody knows about you.
• Let people know who you are
• Let people know your strengths and abilities
• Let them know your value to the organistion
• Let them know at least some of your ambitions
• That way your name will more likely be discussed when opportunities arise.
• One added benefit of networking is that you will learn much more about the company if you network with people in other areas of the organisation.

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