- Seven Ways to Get Promoted Faster in a Company.
Now last time I made a video on salary negotiation.
I have been getting a lot of
positive feedback from you
and how much you enjoyed that video.
And how you value some of these perspectives,
coming not from an employee
but from a CEO, from an employer,
and what I share with you.
And I know you already using some of the techniques.
If you have been using some of the techniques
make sure you comment below.
Today we gonna talk about
the seven ways to get promoted faster
if you're working for a company.
Now assuming you're using some of the techniques
now you got your job,
or you've been working in a job for some time now,
what could you do to kinda move up the ladder?
Now, these seven ways
only
work
if assuming who you're working for
is not a freaking idiot, okay?
If you're working for an idiot,
you're working with a bunch of idiots, right?
Your coworker's an idiot
and it's a toxic environment,
this does not apply.
Assuming you're working for a good leader,
you're working for a visionary
and you are working in a very healthy, positive environment,
these seven tips will help you.
Number one, think like your boss.
Don't think like your coworkers or your buddies,
your friends at work.
That's not the point
because whatever they're doing,
chances are they might have some bad habits.
Your job is to solve problems
for whoever your superior is.
Could be your supervisor, could be your VP,
could be your director.
Doesn't matter where you are within the company.
You gotta think a few steps ahead.
Now, within my company we have
the kind of three levels of thinking everybody knows.
First of all you understand how I think.
How the CEO thinks.
Second you gotta solve problems.
Third, once you get very good,
you should solve problems
before even the problem comes up.
So, know how I think, solve problems
and then solve problems before it comes up.
We actually have a term within the company called,
my job, as the leader of the company,
as the visionary of the company,
my job is to drop bombs, right?
And we have actually a term, within the company
called "Bomb squad".
And their job is to catch the bomb
and diffuse the bomb, right?
'Cause I will be coming up with ideas, strategies,
initiatives or relationships,
I bring that to the company
but it's the team that helps to catch the bomb,
and then diffuse the bomb.
How fast you rise up
to the ladder
depends very much on how fast you can catch the bomb
and how fast you can diffuse those bombs
and solve the problems for your boss.
Not just doing whatever you're asked to do
but thinking just a few steps ahead.
And when you do that
you'll naturally get promoted a lot faster.
Number two, take extreme ownership.
One of the core values
within our Dan Lok organization is
extreme ownership.
That means taking responsibility for all your actions.
Now, in the typical corporate culture
there are a lot of
backstabbing and pointing fingers,
"Oh, it's not my fault" and
"She did that" and "He did that."
As a company it's not healthy to have that.
Now assuming you are in a healthy environment
you want to take extreme ownership.
That also means that if someone assigns a task to you,
even though maybe it's a team effort,
but the buck stops with you.
If it doesn't get done,
if you miss the deadline, you take responsibility,
versus, "Oh because she's holding another project",
or "That's his fault", or "I don't have enough resources".
That is not gonna get you promoted.
Because again, you wanna think a few steps ahead
and solve problems before it comes up.
It's not about resources.
It's about becoming resourceful.
So, taking extreme ownership in all things you do.
How you do anything is how you do everything.
So it's not just at work,
but other areas
of your life.
I believe this is a very good value to live by.
Take extreme ownership.
Number three, avoid office gossips and politics.
Now my entire career I've only worked for someone else
for one year
of my life.
That was it.
I was working at a supermarket making minimum wage
and one of the things I hated the most
about that toxic environment
was the office politics.
A lot of backstabbing, even though I was doing my best
and it's always
you have the people who belong to kinda this group
and that group
and you don't know who's gonna kind of back stab you.
Or they're talking shit behind your back.
And I just, I hated that environment,
because I wanna grow, I want to be better.
And I don't like to work in an environment like that.
So, when you're working within a company
don't try to get ahead by like
stepping down on somebody
or trying to set somebody up.
That's not how you get ahead.
Because a good CEO, a good leader will see through that
immediately.
Personally, within my company
we have zero, zero tolerance
in terms of office politics or
like all these gossips.
I don't care who that person is.
I don't care how valuable that person is.
I don't care how high-performance that person is.
If that person's involved in doing these office politics
I will not have that person within my company.
Because that's how you create a toxic culture, right?
And then it becomes a thing where
it's a conflict, it's always a struggle,
it's a power
pull.
We don't want that.
We want everyone to focus on the mission
and we go into the same direction.
So, avoid all those things.
Focus on what you do, do well,
help your colleagues, help your coworkers.
Support them and help them grow.
Then it becomes a very nice, positive momentum
that hey, we're elevating people
we're not putting down people.
So avoid all those office politics and gossips.
Number four, prepare for your next,
next
job.
Now this is very, very profound.
I don't care where you are at within the company.
Maybe you coming in a very junior position, right?
You're a clerk, you're admin.
You are a support.
It doesn't matter.
Because don't focus on this is what you're doing,
this is just what you're doing right now.
Let's say if you come in the company you are in...
in the admin role,
but your goal is actually to be the VP of sales.
That's where you wanna be in three to five years.
What you wanna do is
you wanna think about, if I wanna be in that position,
if I wanna be in that leadership position,
what do I need to do today
to get yourself ready?
A lot of people, they wait.
Oh, once I get that job,
once I get that promotion
then I'll figure how this works.
That's not how life works.
You need to think,
operate from you're already there,
doesn't mean you're acting arrogant and things like that.
I'm talking about operating
who do you need to be
in order to
be able to
handle that role, right?
If you're the VP of sales, guess what,
you need leadership skills,
you need sales skills,
you need organizational skills.
What are you doing today, right now,
to get some of those skill sets?
So when you actually get the role
you are not trying to figure it out.
"Well, I guess I could handle it".
No, you've been waiting for this
for the last three years,
for the last five years.
Like, now it's time to shine.
Now what's very interesting is
when you act as if,
write this down,
"act as if"
that's your position
you're thinking about how a VP of sales
would act, would behave, would make decisions,
would hire, would recruit, would develop people.
When you're thinking from that perspective
the people around you will see that, right?
And if your boss is smart he will recognize that.
And then you would bring up ideas.
"You know what, I think within the sales division
we could make some of these improvements."
"I notice like this area we're doing well
but here is an area that we're not focusing on."
"And I think this is something that we could do."
"Bring in more revenue."
You're already
talking about it.
You're bringing ideas on the table.
And your CEO will see that.
He's like, "Hmm, maybe this person could take that role?"
With a little bit of nurturing,
with a little bit of guidance,
with a little bit of coaching, right?
So, prepare, not for the job today,
for your next, next job.
Think ahead and operate from here, not from here.
And number five, share your ambition
with your boss.
I mean, he cannot read your mind.
He doesn't know where you want to be, right?
Where do you see yourself.
So don't be afraid
to share.
Hey, you know what,
manager, CEO, right?
You talk to them and say,
"This is my goal, this is my career path.
"How do you feel about that?"
And ask for coaching.
Ask for guidance.
Don't be afraid.
I can tell you that as a CEO
I cannot wait to have my staff talk to me
and say, "Hey, you know what,
"this is really what I'm working on.
"Like in two years I wanna get to this position."
"Help me."
"What do I need to do?"
"What recommendations?"
"What books would you recommend me to read?"
"What courses would you recommend I take?", right?
"What expectations would you have
"for a person in this position?"
But most people never ask.
But if you take the time and don't be afraid,
and you actually ask,
you will be shocked!
Like
I can't wait.
I will be like, "Okay, you just,
"if you wanna do this
"do this and this and this and then this".
If you can make, meet these expectations,
that job is yours.
It's very, very simple.
So, share your ambition.
Don't hide it, nobody can read your mind, all right?
Also sometimes share that with your coworkers selectively.
So they know that that's where you wanna go,
and in some cases maybe they also be able to help you
on your path as well.
So, don't hide, I know maybe you're shy,
you're a bit of introvert.
But that people skill
to be able to share your goals, your vision
is very, very critical.
Number six,
establish relationships across
the entire organization.
Now depends on the size of the company you're working for.
Maybe within your division,
meaning sometimes when
you are
finish your work
but spend a little bit time
with your coworkers.
Get to know each other.
Get to know them, them get to know you.
Because chances are
any size company, any decent size company
that green light, let's say you wanna get promoted,
it's not one person decision.
Chances are the executive team or the managers
will be involved in the decision.
So maybe the boss loves you and wants to promote you
but if all the managers are saying no,
guess what, you're not getting that promotion.
Now I'm not talking about being a suck up.
I'm not talking about being
a people pleaser.
I'm talking about maintaining good relationship
with everyone you know, right?
So that at least they feel comfortable with you.
So when your name is brought up in the meeting,
say, "Yeah, you know what,
"I think she would be perfect for that new role.
"And he would be more than capable.
"I see the way that he works and the way that she works".
You see, this is why
the whole backstabbing, all those stuff,
it doesn't work.
Because if you've been
like backstabbing people, having a bad relationship
with almost everyone on the team
you could be a high-performer
but they are not gonna back you up.
And you need other people to back you up.
And you don't get that when you need them,
you can't develop the relationships, right?
Get to know them, they get to know you.
Hang out a little bit,
outside of the typical work environment, you know?
Go do something.
Go have a dinner.
Just get to know them.
Invite them to a little barbecue.
All those things are very, very critical.
You don't wait 'til 30 minutes before the promotion
you try to do this stuff.
Then you come across very,
just not genuine.
You don't wanna do that.
Do that ahead of time.
Number seven, demonstrate leadership.
You say a
good leader creates followers,
a great leader creates leaders.
In order to move up the ladder
it's not just how well you do,
because it is at the end of the day
a team effort.
It's not just about you.
So, it doesn't matter how good you are.
You will become so much more valuable to a company
if you can develop people that are as good as you,
or better yet, to make them better than you, right?
When you can do that
that's leadership.
That's invaluable skill to any CEO.
Not just create followers, but actually create leaders.
To nurture, to groom, to coach, to help them,
to develop them.
That's the most valuable skill.
You could do that,
naturally you'll get promoted again, and again,
and again, and again.
Because you have a skill
that very few people in our society have.
Leadership.
And leadership's not taught in school.
You don't learn leadership from a book.
You learn leadership by leading.
By working with people.
By talking with people.
By understanding people.
By growing, by grooming them, right?
And that's why there are few,
very few leaders in the world.
Most people are followers.
But when you could do that...
You can not help but get promoted.
So those are the seven ways to get promoted faster
in a company.
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regarding of
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