Being a hard-working and sincere employee, you may often be wondering why you and your contributions are not being recognized by your boss or the company management. You may get frustrated as well. Though such situations are bad, you can double the chances of being recognized, rewarded, or promoted. You may wonder how. Please read on.
Being resourceful and resilient is not enough; You should be relentless.
If you think that your skills and your trait of being resilient are enough, you are wrong. You should be relentless also. Only then, you can find ways for helping you dominate the situation and achieve what you want. The simple mantras are 1. Get more creative.
2. Work still harder.
In addition, you can use the following few tips also for increasing your chances of getting the recognition you think you deserve in your organization.
Learn to quantify your contribution to the company.
It is true that the quality of your skills is very important. But you should be able to quantify the contribution you make to the company as well. As the quote says, "There is strength in numbers." Even Peter F. Druker, one of the renowned management experts of the modern era says, “What gets measured gets managed.” Unfortunately, most of the employees do not quantify their contribution to their organizations. They stumble around and this leads to catastrophic results.
You do not buy a car without knowing its price, the mileage it gives, and the maintenance costs you are likely to incur on it. Similarly, an anesthetist cannot administer the right dose without knowing the bodyweight of the patient and the surgical procedure involved. Setting a career goal is analogous to these. Unless you do not know how much business you can and will bring to your company or how much profit the company will make thanks to your contribution, you cannot improve. This means setting a career goal will itself become an insincere effort.
If you fail to quantify your contribution to your company, you will be dependent on your emotions and not on logic while fixing your career goal. Remember that almost all the decisions made using your emotions will be wrong.
On the contrary, if you are able to quantify your contribution, you can work towards improving your performance and output so that you can grow in your company.
Compromising on your expectations is wrong.
We come across several employees who compromise on their expectations when they find that the results they want to have are not forthcoming. This is wrong. You cannot conclude that things will never work in your favor just because there are downtimes. Instead of lowering your expectations, you must change your strategies. Of course, ordinary and average folks bring down their expectations. Some of them may quit the race as well. Really ambitious people never make compromises on this front. Since your aim is high, you should be ready to double or even treble your efforts.
Use social media as a business-booster and not otherwise.
Hundreds or even thousands of folks waste their time and lives by scrolling on social media sites such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Twitter. Instead of indulging in such wasteful activities, you can use these sites as platforms for providing suggestions related to the field in which your company is operating. The reach of social media is phenomenal and hence, this strategy will help in expanding your influence in the industry.
You can even write blog posts to express your opinions and provide your suggestions. You can post these blog posts on social media sites. Never forget the fact that creators of such content have always been the most sought-after clan. So, by continuously providing invaluable suggestions, you will increase your chances of getting recognition and landing elevated positions in your company and field.
Today's discipline and pain will lead you towards tomorrow's freedom.
Jim Rohn, a renowned personal development guru, says, “We must all suffer one of two types of pain. The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is that discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons.” If you choose the former pain, you will easily grow and achieve stupendous success.
Never stop learning.
This is yet another important step that may catapult you to higher positions in your organization. You will find that there are several sources from which you can learn. Even the behaviors or activities of other employees may teach you a few important lessons. So, keep observing people, how they behave, act, or make decisions. You can imbibe the right lessons and put them to use whenever necessary. Simply put, always keep looking for lessons to learn.
The above steps are based on common sense. If you implement them consistently, you are certain to double or even treble your chances of getting to the top in your organization.
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