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Appraisal time is nearby. Some will get promotions some will not. There are many things, apart from your performance at work, which play a crucial role in deciding promotions. You need to adopt the mannerism, attitude and managerial traits of the position above you. If you already look as if you have been promoted, chances are you will be.

I am going to discuss certain basic factors which also matter to get the promotion at workplace. The idea is that you have to remain one step ahead of your approach. You have to little proactive to get the right approach/attitude/behaviour of one above position which you are aspiring. What are the factors and how they appeal to people who will take decision or give recommendation:

The way you dress:
When I was an executive, I dressed like one. When I was ready and wanted to become a manager I studied what managers wore. Business suit, necktie, neatly combed hair, shining shoes etc. There is a style for every job. You can choose to dress like that job. Then it will help you to get that job.

I had also been in the interview panel for quite some time. I came across to many candidates and sometimes wondered why people are not serious about their dressing? Crumbled suit, wrinkled shirt, uncombed hair, unpolished shoes. No one in the panel wanted to employ people like these, no matter how smart, knowledgeable and efficient they are.

Whatever job you are doing your focus should be on the next position up. If you have your foucus on that position then you must be knowing who has that job now. Study them as what they wear, how smartly they are dressed? What you can learn/copy in terms of dressing sense? Follow them and be like them when it comes to dressing. Because it may not be easy to start a new job and start to wear a new style, at the same time.

The way you talk:
How does your boss talk? Its not about the copying accent or pronunciation. But its all about how they communicate. What management/technical/ jargons/quotes/terms they use? What is their point of view/perspective during communication? You might speak from a worker’s point of view, whereas they will speak from organisation’s point of view. You will say ‘I’, they will say ‘we’. This is what you need to follow.

The more senior you go the less likely you spend time in gossips, chattering, discussing personal life, serial etc. In fact they are more thoughtful, focused, calculative, sensible and relevant while communicative.

The way you act:
Now when you are one step ahead in dressing and talking, its time to act one step ahead. Try to notice the non verbal communication of your seniors, their attitude, behaviour, how they speak to their seniors and juniors, how they entertain customers, even how they walk, how they stand up – anything they do. Then absorb the best things they have.

You have to be confident and mature to observe how your boss/seniors are different from you. So that you can analyse what will suit you to follow and grow.

Besides the exterior, one must be strong and confident from inside. Mentally you should be geared up to assume new roles and challenges. You should make small changes in your thinking process as demonstrated below.

The way you think:
The higher you go you have less time to waste. You have to think expediently. You don’t have time to waste thinking on trivial issue like:
This assignment may stretch my working hours.

  • Will this affect my holiday plans?
  • Will I be appreciated for this work?
  • I have to work from home also
  • I have to come office during weekends also
Instead you should think:
  • Will it be better for my team?
  • Will this add value to my organization?
  • Will it make our customers happy?
  • Will it save working hours of mine and my colleagues?
Bosses never think ‘I’ they always think about ‘We’. And this is the key. Broaden your perspective. So that you can think form your organisation’s perspective and not focused on your comfort zone. This is the thinking like a boss and not like a mere worker.

It may not be easy to follow the above mentioned tips consistently. It requires strength, will power, determination, honesty, courage, experience, attitude, dedication and devotion. I am sure you have all these qualities. Now its just about to start practicing along with following above tips and this will automatically qualify you for the promotion.

All the best!

To read this and other workplace related posts- 
TalentEquity.in/blog

Regards,
Sanjay

 
16 comments on "Are you poised to get promoted?"
  Commented by  Atul Kumar, Project Leader    | 04 05 2011 01:23:37 +0000
Good article. Thanks for sharing... I am sure this will help people to start working towards next level.
  Commented by  suhaschandra deshpande, Marketing Associate    | 03 29 2011 11:16:37 +0000
Excellent topic ...Anandjee....
  Commented by  NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, AREA SALES MANGER, UNIFLEX CABLES LTD    | 03 28 2011 18:21:59 +0000
Thanks Mr.Anand for sharing.
  Commented by  NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, AREA SALES MANGER, UNIFLEX CABLES LTD    | 03 28 2011 18:17:02 +0000
Very nice one as usual Mr.Sanjay Kaushik.Keep it up.
  Commented by  KALIYAMOORTHY, Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed    | 03 28 2011 12:24:48 +0000
Nice one . Always try to adopt good qualities in your work-place irrespective of others opinion. You will move up.
Thanks Mr. Anand.
  Commented by  Rathin Deb, Advisor/Outside Consultant, Freelance Retail Consultant    | 03 28 2011 06:32:06 +0000
Thanks for nice article on appraisal.
  Commented by  Santosh Sinha, Freelance Journalist, Free Lancer    | 03 27 2011 07:25:29 +0000
Hi all, thanks for inviting me to this topic. In my opinion one more thing you must care, the behaviour of your Boss. He will be very mush curious to crush you and try to ignite you so that this can be reflected by him at the time of writing you appraisal.

Be sure to make your temper thanda thanda cool cool else good appraisal jaao Bhool.
  Commented by  SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Consultant, Project Management Consultancy Firm    | 03 26 2011 08:56:03 +0000
Thanks, Sanjay for posting it on TOOSTEP. & thanks for referral, Anand.
  Commented by  janardan shukla, incharge w.africa, Bharat Serums & Vaccccines ltd    | 03 25 2011 18:46:38 +0000
Really nice one.Pls do keep posting Sanjai.Surely these kind of articles will help to some if not to all.
  Commented by  Santosh Kumar Mohanty, Civil Engineer-Municipal, Sambalpur University    | 03 25 2011 17:25:27 +0000
Keep the mind and body polished for success. Remain focused with dedication and honesty. Obey seniors and help juniors to be part of a good team. Learn from every job and review activities.
  Commented by  manish kumar, freelancer    | 03 25 2011 13:34:43 +0000
Thanks for this nice article.
THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IS HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO REPRESENT YOURSELF THROUGH YOUR PERFORMANCE APPRAISAISAL !!

Of course, the article prvides guidance to show your characteristics, but all these are just outside attiquates that are expected from an employee to impress one and all in general, but the same cannot override the need of the perfect annual performance appraisal, which is the real basis for one's promotion or no-promotion. Importance of Annual Performance Appraisal cannot at all be ignored, as unless you are able to sell yourself effectively to your bosses through your self appraisal presentation, the worldly attiquettes cannot earn you your due propmotion and other career enhancement opportunities.

Most of the employees, just keep the Perofrmance Appraisal out of mind for the whole of the year and get perplexed when asked all of a sudden to prepare that. They just start remembering from scratch at the time when they are asked to prepare their performance appraisal.

To complete performance appraisal is NOT JUST A FEW MINUTEES JOB and you cannot remember everyone of the best activities and performance incidents of the whole of the year just at the fag end of the year, and the result is thay you UNDER-REPRESENT YOURSELF THE MOST, while smart fellows, may they be much less efficient be in their performance than yourself, they are able to get promotions ahead of others due to their well thought of and well written performance appraisal. Employees then start blaiming the management about their partial attitude, while they themselfves become the cause of under estimation of their half-heartedly written performance apraisal.

Just think, when you under-rate yourself, who else can assess your real performance? Remeber, you are the maker of your own destiny in your workplace by reopresenting yourself effectively.

REMEMBER, IT IS ONLY YOU, WHO HAVE TO REMEMBER & PRESENT YOUR PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES AND NOT YOUR SUPERIORS. YOUR SUPERIORS ONLY RATE YOUR PERFORMANCE WHICH YOU ARE ABLE TO PRESENT BEFORE THEM, THEY ARE NOT OBLIGED TO RATE THOSE ACTIVITIES, WHICH YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT FORWARD.

SO, MUST START KEEPING NOTE DURING THE WHOLE OF THE YEAR about every one of your best activities of your performance, incidents of efficient and effective handling of situations, and the appreciations you earned during any time of the year, so that you are able to prepare easily and submit timely a very effective and sound performance appraisal without putting any pressure on your mind, while you are also busy handling your office workload, just to remember your forgotten activities.

PS Dhingra
CEO
Dhingra Group of Management Consultants
New Delhi
dcg1962@gmail.com
  Commented by  S. Muralidharan, Head, Project Planning/Strategy, Knowledge Foundation    | 03 25 2011 10:21:00 +0000
Good one! Its like "ugly looking caterpillar metamorphosed into a beautiful butterfly" - I'm talking about dressing sense!  Converse is also true for a boy feeling quite happy entering into his first day's college in almost rugged cloth (jeans with multiple holes in it) after having struggled with discipline, uniform (full sleeves, tie, coat, badge, etc.)!
  Commented by  ANAND M, Freelancer, Human Resources (HR) Consulting    | 03 25 2011 09:30:35 +0000
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Really nice Sanjay.. 

Thanks for posting it on Toostep.
And also you have to make and keep reports and presentation if any to market yourself .One cannot take his achievements to meeting but he can make good presentation
  Commented by  Jasmin Pawar, job seeker    | 03 25 2011 08:18:13 +0000
Thanks for this wonderful article.
It will definitely be a value addition for many of us.
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