Getting Promoted - How Hard Working Managers Can Stand Out From the Crowd

OK. You work hard, your employees work hard, and you achieve goals. But so do all the other managers in your organization. So how do you stand out from the crowd? How do you make yourself the best candidate among all the candidates? By learning everything about your organization's purpose, goals, and plans. And by highlighting "how" what you do contributes to achievements in these areas. In other words, you let decision-makers know that you understand the Big Picture and where you fit. Here is how you do that:

Learn About The Big Picture

To stand out among the crowd, you have to know what's important to your organization. You also have to stay abreast of what's happening where you work. Your goal is to master information about the Big Picture when it comes to your organization. Use these 4 strategies:

1. Look at your company's organizational chart. Look at the relationship between offices, divisions, and departments. Look at the relationship between your office and other areas of the organization. You want to see how your products and services affect the products and services provided elsewhere.

2. Review your organization's vision, mission, and/or values statements. If there are supporting statements for the department/division where you work, review these as well. You want to identify the ways you and your employees contribute to achievements in these areas.

3. Read any statements or articles from your CEO or organizational leader. This is where you will find information about future goals, plans, or problems.

4. Glance at documents involving budgets or money matters. Look for the bottom line on funds, profits, and losses.

5. Take copious notes when attending meetings where the discussion involves events, actions, or activities that have an organizational impact. You want to have "real time" information about factors that affect workloads, employees, etc..

Decide What To Say About The Big Picture

No matter what you do, there is probably some way to connect your products and services to a Big Picture item. If not, you probably shouldn't be doing it. To make this connection, just remember what you have read, seen, or heard. Then, link this knowledge to the workload item you are discussing. For example, the following could be used when talking or writing:

1. "This improvement will allow us to achieve our strategic goal related to..."

2. "I see that the budget changes have..."

3. "The project we just completed fits right in with this year's vision of...'

4. "If we meet these deadlines, we might avoid the kind of global problems..."

5. "The installation of the new system will help the facilities department..."

6. "Those changes will allow us to start reducing the excessive backlogs..."

Identify Opportunities To Talk About The Big Picture

To highlight your contributions, think about the many activities you do and the many interactions you have. There are probably dozens each day. You just have to use those situations to emphasize your understanding of the Big Picture. Here are a few instances:

1. When initiating emails or responding to emails, add a statement at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end.

2. When giving status reports about workloads to management, interject a comment at some point during the update.

3. At senior management meetings where you are asked to present or contribute comments, add a statement during your presentation.

4. During informal or formal meetings with senior managers, include an observation during the discussion.

5. When talking to senior managers at extracurricular activities, make a reference when giving input.

6. When engaged in "passing conversations" about work with senior managers, offer an insight during the conversation.

To Get Promoted, You Have To Stand Out From The Crowd

If you are a manager who wants to get promoted, working hard is critical. But remember, every other manager is working equally hard. So you have to distinguish your contributions from those of other managers. You can do that by letting decision-makers know that you understand the Big Picture and where you fit. That's how you stand out from the crowd. And if you can stand out from the crowd, you increase your chances of getting promoted.

Barbara Brown, PhD shows managers how to improve employee performance by linking performance to results. Her E-Books contain phrases and examples for discussing performance, reinforcing performance, and writing appraisals. Her E-Courses provide strategies for motivating employees to cooperate and contribute.

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Website: http://www.LinkToResults.net Email: Barbara@LinkToResults.net

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