The 1 hour playbook to 3x your odds of promotion:
1/ Grade yourself against the 3-5 aspects of your job.
Are you Behind, At, or Ahead of expectations?
What's critical? Being honest.
This is not the time to posture.
Are you Behind, At, or Ahead of expectations?
What's critical? Being honest.
This is not the time to posture.
2/ Provide data that supports the grade.
Be brief: 2-3 bulleted examples
Bonus points: highlight how you plan to do even better
Be brief: 2-3 bulleted examples
Bonus points: highlight how you plan to do even better
3/ Send it to them and ask them to do the same.
Grades + supporting data.
Reiterate: You want their honest POV.
Ask to meet and compare notes.
Grades + supporting data.
Reiterate: You want their honest POV.
Ask to meet and compare notes.
4/ Now here's the crucial part:
If they agree you're performing well
-> Confirm that they'll recommend your promotion
-> If not, understand the gap you need to close
If they disagree on performance
-> Get them to detail what you need to do differently
-> Show genuine gratitude
If they agree you're performing well
-> Confirm that they'll recommend your promotion
-> If not, understand the gap you need to close
If they disagree on performance
-> Get them to detail what you need to do differently
-> Show genuine gratitude
5/ Now once a month between now and promotion time:
Send them an update.
Show them how you stacked the wins and closed the gaps.
They know what you expect.
And by beating their expectations - and telling about it - you're arming them to make your case.
Send them an update.
Show them how you stacked the wins and closed the gaps.
They know what you expect.
And by beating their expectations - and telling about it - you're arming them to make your case.
And managers:
Thereโs nothing stopping you from running the playbook proactively in reverse.
I promise whatever challenging conversation youโre dreading now is worse when itโs a surprise at year end.
At least now thereโs time to improve and recover.
Thereโs nothing stopping you from running the playbook proactively in reverse.
I promise whatever challenging conversation youโre dreading now is worse when itโs a surprise at year end.
At least now thereโs time to improve and recover.
That's it. Simple.
But 99% of your colleagues won't make this tiny investment.
Will you?
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But 99% of your colleagues won't make this tiny investment.
Will you?
Follow me @dklineii for more management tactics and career insights.
And RT the tweet below if you think others would benefit from this playbook.
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