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#186: Porschia Parker-Griffin is a Professional Certified Coach, a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Master Practitioner, and a director and business consultant. She explains how to actively position yourself for a promotion, how you can demonstrate that you should be promoted, and what to do if you’re passed over for promotion.
What you’ll learn
- [1:37] Why so many people can increase their salaries.
- [2:30] How Porschia got involved in coaching business professionals.
- [4:32] What getting a promotion is really about.
- [5:23] How taking on more responsibilities can lead to a promotion.
- [8:37] How to make yourself stand out without doing overtime.
- [10:56] What motivates people to want a promotion.
- [12:45] How to know when a promotion isn’t the right thing for you.
- [15:24] The skills you need to get promoted regardless of your industry.
- [17:40] The importance of developing leadership skills.
- [19:50] How to communicate well in a workplace.
- [21:55] Getting promoted by changing jobs.
- [24:25] How to actively position yourself for a promotion.
- [26:40] What to consider if you’re seeking a promotion.
- [28:41] Ways to demonstrate that you should be promoted.
- [34:05] How to avoid being given busy work that won’t lead to recognition.
- [35:39] How to figure out which tasks lead to promotion.
- [36:46] How to decline doing a task that your boss has given you.
- [38:15] Constructive ways to respond to being overlooked for a promotion.
Resources mentioned in this episode
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- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Marshall Goldsmith
- Career 101 Podcast
For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:
https://changeworklife.com/positioning-yourself-for-promotion-and-mastering-career-advancement/
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