How to Get a Promotion at Work After Your Boss Leaves
When someone in your group or department leaves the company through turnover or workforce reduction, you may want to make your case for a promotion. You are oftentimes asked to step up and take on part of that person’s role. For most people, this situation doesn’t seem fair to take on more work for the […]
How to Avoid Getting Laid Off: 6 Research-Backed Tips
A while back, I attended a webinar hosted by Zenger Folkman on the subject “How Not to Get Fired.” The event centered around how individuals can prevent being laid off once company leadership has determined that layoffs are necessary to down-size or right-size. They focused their research on company leaders who are laid off, but […]
I’m Surprised She Quit – My Client’s Career Development Crisis
With my client’s permission, I’m posting some insightful comments about his career development needs. – Amy Wolfgang I think that I’m a valuable employee. I’m a marketing manager – have two contractors reporting to me – and would love to be a Director some day… soon! I set my own goals for the year including: […]
Client Story: Earning Employee Trust
Earning employee trust… it’s a tricky thing. As company leaders or managers we want to build trust with our teams. We can obviously do that with big actions. For example: standing up for your direct report in a meeting advocating your team members’ ideas to your boss with correct attribution spending the time to help […]
‘Deserve’ has nothing to do with getting a promotion
I’m sharing a guest blog that offers first-hand experience on earning a promotion. – Coach Wolfgang In the movie, Unforgiven, staring Clint Eastwood, one of my favorite lines comes near the end. Just before Gene Hackman’s character meets his demise he says, “I don’t deserve this! To die like this.” Clint Eastwood’s character responds with […]
How to Get Promoted
Most of us aspire to do impressive things for our employer – ones that will bring respect, admiration and reward. That “reward” typically means a promotion or elevated status. So how do we get that reward, specifically getting promoted? There are a number of ways but I’m focusing on 3 in particular: get lucky, move […]
A Rare Story: A Great Employee Meets a Great Employer
The other day I was at the playground watching my two girls run around and play. I struck up a conversation with another parent there and we started talking about her career… go figure! She told me a wonderful story… Well, I quit my job 6 months ago! I’m in business development and I oversee […]
Case Study: Expanding Your Reach
Our recent post titled, How Do I Get a Promotion, was based in-part on an experience a coaching client told us about. A few years earlier, our client (let’s call her Ms. Y) was the email marketing manager at a 500-person company. Ms. Y had to aggregate and disseminate content that the various departments (marcomm, […]
Want a Promotion? Here’s Your Plan.
Many individuals enjoy the company they work for. They like the company values, the company product, the company mission or a multitude of other aspects. However, after some time in a specific role, many individuals are ready to take that next step. Is it time for you to start thinking about a job promotion at […]
Is the Carrot Helping Your Career?
The excitement with our job, even our career, can wane over time for a number of reasons. Those reasons include: Learning the job duties and they become routine. Conquering the challenge of the job duty, and losing the anticipation and excitement of learning something new. Dreading the job tasks we once loved because of the […]