Are you noticing a lot of cutbacks in your company where projects are
being on hold budgets are being monitored really closely and risk
aversion at is an all time high, but you're somebody who's realizing
that this is my opportunity right now to be promoted.
I've been in this executive position for quite some time now, and I'm
about to have a performance review and I want to step up into higher
levels of leadership.
Well, it might feel like when it is an economic downturn, when it,
when there are cutbacks, when there are budget cuts and when there are
high risk aversion, it might feel like now is not, not the right time
to be promoted, or it might feel like it might be very difficult to
get promoted, but I'm here to share with you I submit to you that
this, that could not be further from the truth.
It could not be further from the truth that now is a bad time to be
promoted because more than ever, when there are huge shifts in the
economy, like there have been recently at the time of this recording
of this video, there are talks everywhere about an upcoming recession.
There are talks everywhere about how long that recession is going to
be.
So if you find yourself inside of this, if this were to happen and we
are, if it does happen that way, and we find ourselves in recession,
it is better now, there are more opportunities for you to position
into leadership.
And here's why.
It's because when there are changes like this, when there are shifts
like that, it is even more important for the company to have great
leaders.
And it's even more important for the senior, most senior executive,
the C-suite is even more important to them to keep their A-players.
So that's why for you, especially if you are a top performing
executive, that's where for you, this could be your bargaining chip
because they need to keep their A-players.
So that's why in this video, I want to share with you how you could be
promoted to senior leadership, senior executive levels, and get to
higher and higher levels of leadership in your company.
Even in a time where there are massive shifts in the economy, because
if you are a top performing executive, you're an A player.
And you know, the value of you brought so far and you know, the steps
that you've taken to get to where you're at, and there are
opportunities that you're seeing, but you're just not quite sure how
to navigate them.
Then I want to share with you these three tips, because when it comes
to navigation, it's a little bit different from before when the
economy was booming it's a lot different from before when the market
was rising, when people were buying, when a lot of hires were being
made, this is a different situation today.
So what I'm going to give you are three tips.
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So three ways to land your promotion, to a senior executive, even in
an economic downturn.
And when I'm sharing with you three ways, the three ways are going to
start with the letters ROI.
So that's going to be easy to remember.
R is the first strategy.
O, and then I is the last strategy.
So let's begin with R.
R is remove resistance because when it comes to an economic downturn,
when there are massive shifts and risk aversion is at its highest, it
is at its greatest companies are going to be more and more focused on
their bottom line.
For example, they might be thinking about where can we cut expenses?
Where can we streamline operations and so on?
Because the bottom line is where they need to be protected because the
bottom line is where they're most vulnerable.
So this is where companies are very focused on how can we preserve our
bottom line at best and how could we even improve it in these, in this
situation.
So that's why when it comes to you and your performance view asking
just straight up, asking for promotion may not be able to land very
well, especially because they're trying to protect their bottom line.
So straight up asking would be a very appropriate absent an economic
downturn, absent all of these shifts in the economy and absent risk
aversion.
But in this particular situation, I would say caution in terms of
straight up asking.
So first of all, removing resistance, because that's going to be the
resistance you create if you do straight up, ask for a promotion and
when the economy is booming, it makes sense to do so because you're
seeking for opportunities.
So it makes sense and it's more acceptable.
But in this particular situation, what I would say is step number one
is to really know exactly what you are asking for, because let's face
it, when it comes to promotion, there's many different areas of
promotion.
It could be a job title from director to senior director or director
to VP.
It could be a job title.
It could be, for example, a switch in terms of teams, or it could be a
switch in terms of job roles or job function, but it's important to
know exactly what are you asking for.
What does that promotion look like.
So this is your own clarity that you're going into that conversation.
And then secondly, when you have that promotionary discussion with the
decision makers at large, it's important for you to know, to
understand for yourself and to be able to articulate as well, how your
promotion is going to help the company protect that bottom line.
How is it going to help that company for as well also to help them to
solve their vulnerabilities, identify and to be able to eliminate the
vulnerabilities they have as a result of being in this economic
downturn.
So once you can position your promotion that way, that's how you
remove resistance for the ask.
And that's how you also make yourself even more valuable as a leader
in your organization.
So that was R, the second strategy is O which stands for observe the
gaps.
By now as an executive, you should know the, where the company is
going in terms of their goals and their longer term objectives, but
you also should be well aware on their progression towards those
goals.
And of course the priorities prioritization of those goals as well.
So with that knowledge in mind, observe the gaps with respects to now
with the massive shifts in the economy, where are we in terms of
achieving those goals?
What is our progression?
What are the vulnerabilities?
In other words, what are the gaps?
What are the bottlenecks preventing us from achieving those goals?
Because chances are a lot of those high level objectives really do
help in terms of the bottom line, they are very result driven.
They're strategically driven.
So when it comes to now, you're positioning yourself for that
promotion.
It is wise, you will severely increase your opportunities, your
chances of receiving the promotion, even in this situation, if you're
able to position yourself with respects to how is my promotion going
to be a key strategic decision that deciding to promote you is going
to be a strategic business case is going to be a strategic business
decision.
So when you position your promotion that way you are effectively
positioning yourself as a leader of your company, even before you land
that official title.
So if you're listening to this and your gears are turning and you're
wondering, okay, that really makes sense, but how do I do it exactly?
What do I say?
What are the things that I should avoid saying?
And how do I even initiate this conversation?
And how do I maintain this conversation?
If you want a little know a little bit more about that in terms of
the, how tos, because I've so far in this video, I've shown you what
to do, but if you now want to know how do I do it and how do I know
exactly how to do it, then I invite you to work with me every single
week I work with high level executives on a game plan on how to get to
the next level of their career, how to position themselves as a
leader, how to articulate the value that they have to bring and how to
observe the gaps.
How do you, you know, remove that resistance?
So if you're somebody who really is serious about taking your career
to senior level executive roles, then I invite you to book a call with
me below this video in the description the first link is really just
to talk to either myself or a member of my team to explore whether or
not my coaching is the right fit for you.
And if I can help you with your particular situation, and if I can,
this is we're going to, we're going to move to having you be a part of
this community in terms of providing you with the exact training, with
the exact blueprint and game plan on how do we achieve those outcomes.
So Book a call below and I look forward to chatting with you on the
inside.
So let's summarize, we talked about R.
Which is to remove the resistance we talked about, O, which is observe
the gaps.
And I is invest in yourself, invest in yourself.
I stands for invest because let's face it when as a business grows and
the company you work for is a business.
As the business grows, it cannot grow unless invest in itself because
businesses need to constantly invest in their processes.
They need to invest in their systems.
They need to invest in their marketing.
They need to invest in their teams.
They need to invest in their infrastructure.
They need to constantly be making investments and you, same thing.
You want to grow your career, treat your career as a business.
It's important to constantly be investing.
Now is not the time to sit back and watch what happens to wait and see
what will happen now is not the time to sit on the sidelines,
especially because in this economy, the one we're at right now with
the massive shifts, things are moving and changing even faster than
before.
Things are coming down the pipeline there's even greater uncertainty
than there was before.
And that's why even now it is even more important to invest in
yourself, to know how to navigate properly, to know what skills you
need to develop and how to master those skills as well.
So when it comes to invest in yourself, one of the keys is to
understand that so far you have got to this position in your career
right now, where you are an executive, and you're great at what you
do.
And the, the key is to reflect back.
And perhaps you got to where you're at today because of sheer
discipline and sheer hard work, because that's how you worked so hard
to develop your knowledge, your expertise, your ability to be so good
at what you do and skilled on that side of things that sheer hard work
and discipline that you had got you here so far, but it's not what's
needed.
It's not what is the most important thing for the next level that you
want to play at, the outcome you want to see in your career path,
right?
The technical skills that got you here, that knowledge is not going to
be what is going to get you to the next level.
So it requires a completely different conscientiousness.
It requires a completely different mindset, a different way of showing
up a different way of articulation and so on.
So that's why that strategy number three is key as, as the is key,
that is to invest in yourself, right?
So I want to hear from you comment below, what are you going to invest
in?
What are you committed to investing in yourself this month?
Because time waits for no one.
So comment below.
I'd love to hear from you.
If you're listening to this video and you're thinking to yourself,
well, I want a little bit more material.
I want a little bit more content, then stay tuned in the next video
that's coming right up next I'm going to be sharing with you some
strategies on going from manager to director, right?
So director is one of the senior executive positions.
So if you're a manager right now and you want to go to director, how
to land that executive, you know, career path, then that video is
coming right up next.
I'll see you there.