At any stage you are at in your professional life, seeking to build a career and gradually grow in your field are common aspirations.
Earning the trust of superiors and achieving the promotion that will help you follow your career plan takes time and effort but being recognized and receiving new challenges brings motivation and professional fulfillment.
These are 5 tips on how to get promoted.
1. Understand the company’s culture and know the organization’s values
What qualities of an employee are valued in the company? Understanding the company’s values and being in agreement with them is an important first step in knowing how to behave and what to look for in the day-to-day work.
Whether observing the attitude of employees who occupy positions of trust, talking to the company’s HR or directly with leaders, it is possible to understand if the company seeks professionals who invest in improving skills, who are proactive, who seek autonomy when performing their functions, among other characteristics.
That way, you can better understand what posture and what characteristics you already have or need to develop better.
2. Pay attention to the roles that are expected of your position and what are the expectations regarding your work
An open dialogue with the manager of your area can provide you with information about what is expected of you in your position. What should you do in your work routine and what could you do in addition to that to stand out and improve your area’s expectations?
By understanding the ways to improve your work, adding more value to your area and, consequently, to the company, you are able of offering a contrast to others in the position you occupy.
3. Create a development plan
Once you understand what’s working and how you can improve in your role, create a development plan with goals and organize your time to follow it.
Whether it is improving by taking new courses, proposing something new in your area, better organizing work time to optimize it, or talking to managers to understand expectations and the chances of being promoted. Put everything in a plan and set deadlines for each of the goals created, so you can follow its development clearly and understand the best way to present the results of your efforts to your leadership.
4. Keep up to date
The best way to stand out is to always stay up to date and constantly grow. Developing your knowledge is good for you, for the area in which you work, and for the company.
Look for courses that relate directly to your field and what you aim to achieve, so you develop skills that go beyond the basics and put you in a prominent position.
Some areas that might be interesting to study are Administration, Management, Communication and Marketing, Business, Leadership, Technology, and language improvement. The skills you develop in these areas can be applied to numerous positions in different segments.
Taking a course abroad is also an important investment when you want to grow in a professional environment. In an international experience, you practice another language, you have contact with different people and cultures, you can see up close how businesses and companies work globally, you go through the experience of being in a different place and having to communicate with people and studying in another language.
It is not always possible to be away from work for several months, but an alternative; for example, is to plan to take a study trip in a month’s vacation.
At IBS Americas, you can choose to study in the US or Europe on intensive courses. The programs are 3-week long, in the areas of Administration, Communication, and Business, in renowned educational institutions in California, New York, London and Italy. Taught Ph.D. professors, with vast professional experience, and classes formed by students from different places of the world. You learn about the reality of business in the most important commercial centers in the world, improve your English, and even have the possibility of building a global network!
Want to find out more? Access the IBS Americas and find out about partner institutions and available courses.
5. Keep an open dialogue with the company’s leadership
Another step in the quest to be promoted is to observe the company’s movements, know what is going well and what is in need of improvement and development, and seek to meet the needs so that you and the company can evolve.
Be in constant dialogue with your team, your manager, and your leaders. A transparent company gives employees space to understand the main challenges to be overcome.
Talk to your managers, find out what the area’s main needs are, and offer your help. This way, you can assertively seek training and improvement and can still stand out in relation to your interest in being part of the company’s growth.
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