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If you are looking for a promotion for some time but haven’t yet progressed to where you want to be, you may be feeling somewhat frustrated in your role. To increase your chances of securing that promotion and progressing within your role, read on for some useful tips…
- Become a really useful member of the team
Are you pulling your weight? By giving your all to your role, and by making yourself indispensable to your company, this will help people to recognise your worth. Make sure people come to the conclusion that you are successful without bragging. It may help you to acquire mentors and champions who can encourage you and champion your personality and skillset to others. - Be kind to colleagues – Work is always better if you seek to support those around you and help to build a supportive productive community, rather than just pushing ahead for yourself with little regard for others. If you get on with people, and champion others, your goodwill will very likely be returned to you tenfold and they will very likely also champion you.
- Invest in yourself – Never wait to be offered training opportunities. Be proactive and ask for the training you need. If it doesn’t come from within your company, you may like to consider online training instead, which you can pursue independently. You can take so many different courses online nowadays via the likes of Virtual Classroom Training. This will enable you to study at your own pace and need not interfere with your existing job. Seeking to supplement your existing skillsets with extra training will not only help you, but also demonstrate to others how committed and passionate you are about what you want to do.
- Share your ideas – You are going to need to speak up if you want to secure a promotion. If you are shy and you never share your ideas, you will not get noticed. What is the worst that can happen? Your ideas will be dismissed? Do you know how many great ideas by some of the world’s best entrepreneurs have been dismissed at some point or another?
- Love what you do – Last but not least, love what you do and show your passion for the business. Passion is infectious. It will help to boost the rest of your team. This type of motivation is just the thing that your boss is looking for. He or she is going to want people that can get the rest of the team to work harder. You can show that you are this sort of person by displaying a love for what you do.
As you can see, there are a number of different ways you can boost your profile so that you can increase your chances of a promotion. By following some of the tips above, hopefully, you will secure that step to the next level even sooner than you hope.
