Sometimes all that it takes for you to get the promotion that you have been looking for at work is a little bit of extra efficiency.
When you adopt a few easy time management practices into your daily job, you and your boss will notice improvement in the results you deliver each day. Instead of patiently waiting for your boss to pick you for that next promotion, try these suggested tactics to get noticed and get promoted.
1. Clean up the clutter around your workspace. If you work in a cluttered office with papers and files everywhere, people are going to notice. Your boss is going to notice too. Think about this for a moment. If you had the opportunity to give one of your two employees a raise and a promotion, who would you pick? The neat, productive guy or the messy productive guy?
So clean up the clutter. The first benefit is that in doing so will make you more efficient because you won't have to go sorting through all your clutter just to find that important paper. The second benefit is that when you boss stops by your formerly cluttered, but not neat and organized office, he's going to take notice. It may even spark a conversation where you get to introduce the idea that you're serious about your work and want to move up in the company. Whatever it takes, just clean the clutter and keep it that way.
2. A supportive physical environment is best. So often people forget about the quote from Bucky Fuller "Environment is stronger than willpower". It's true so why not use your environment to your advantage? Try this simple process. Pick five different things that occupy space in your office. For each of the 5 different things, ask the question "Does this 'thing' support my productivity goals or does it hinder my productivity goals?". When you answer that question honestly about each of the things you pick, you'll be taking the first step towards improving your chances of getting promoted.
When you have the honest answer, you'll know what to do. Simply put, get rid of any element that doesn't obviously and overwhelmingly support your productivity and time management goals. I said coming up with the honest answer is the hard part. Getting rid of the object might seem hard, but trust yourself and your honest answers. Elements in your environment that don't support your goals drain your energy. Get rid of them and watch your energy rise.
Your increased energy and higher productivity is what managers look for when it comes time to hand out promotions.
3. Process communications and requests quickly. Most people get overwhelmed each day by too many emails, too many tasks to do and often just let things pile up. It's more likely you'll get promoted if you can handle emails, phone calls and verbal requests made of you more quickly.
An overflowing inbox is a problem for everyone these days, but if you want to improve your chances of being promoted, you have to figure out a way to keep it under control. Every email client has sorting or organization features you can use to sort your email according to where it comes from. The simplest thing you can do is sort mail from your boss, your peers and your friends into separate categories. From there, you should answer the emails from your boss first, writing short, intelligent and effective messages that demonstrate how you are keeping your commitment and will take care of the matters under discussion.
Use the same style of reply to your coworkers, but answer their emails after you answer the emails to the boss. If they tease you because you answer emails from the boss before you answer their emails, simply say "Yes, of course, isn't that what everyone is supposed to do?" and move on to your next task. When promotion time comes around, your boss will see you as the one who communicates quickly and efficiently and that's a good thing.
The last thing to mention about email is that you need to have a personal, non-work email your friends can use when they want to send you an email. Most people don't realize that emails sent to their work address essentially becomes property of the company. If you have a private non-work email address you only check from home, you won't have to worry about the possibility of a friend sending "career damaging" information to you at work.
These are 3 simple time management and productivity tips you can use to help get a promotion at work. By adopting them, you send a clear message to your boss to that you are "ready for a promotion". Good luck and have fun with it!
When you adopt a few easy time management practices into your daily job, you and your boss will notice improvement in the results you deliver each day. Instead of patiently waiting for your boss to pick you for that next promotion, try these suggested tactics to get noticed and get promoted.
1. Clean up the clutter around your workspace. If you work in a cluttered office with papers and files everywhere, people are going to notice. Your boss is going to notice too. Think about this for a moment. If you had the opportunity to give one of your two employees a raise and a promotion, who would you pick? The neat, productive guy or the messy productive guy?
So clean up the clutter. The first benefit is that in doing so will make you more efficient because you won't have to go sorting through all your clutter just to find that important paper. The second benefit is that when you boss stops by your formerly cluttered, but not neat and organized office, he's going to take notice. It may even spark a conversation where you get to introduce the idea that you're serious about your work and want to move up in the company. Whatever it takes, just clean the clutter and keep it that way.
2. A supportive physical environment is best. So often people forget about the quote from Bucky Fuller "Environment is stronger than willpower". It's true so why not use your environment to your advantage? Try this simple process. Pick five different things that occupy space in your office. For each of the 5 different things, ask the question "Does this 'thing' support my productivity goals or does it hinder my productivity goals?". When you answer that question honestly about each of the things you pick, you'll be taking the first step towards improving your chances of getting promoted.
When you have the honest answer, you'll know what to do. Simply put, get rid of any element that doesn't obviously and overwhelmingly support your productivity and time management goals. I said coming up with the honest answer is the hard part. Getting rid of the object might seem hard, but trust yourself and your honest answers. Elements in your environment that don't support your goals drain your energy. Get rid of them and watch your energy rise.
Your increased energy and higher productivity is what managers look for when it comes time to hand out promotions.
3. Process communications and requests quickly. Most people get overwhelmed each day by too many emails, too many tasks to do and often just let things pile up. It's more likely you'll get promoted if you can handle emails, phone calls and verbal requests made of you more quickly.
An overflowing inbox is a problem for everyone these days, but if you want to improve your chances of being promoted, you have to figure out a way to keep it under control. Every email client has sorting or organization features you can use to sort your email according to where it comes from. The simplest thing you can do is sort mail from your boss, your peers and your friends into separate categories. From there, you should answer the emails from your boss first, writing short, intelligent and effective messages that demonstrate how you are keeping your commitment and will take care of the matters under discussion.
Use the same style of reply to your coworkers, but answer their emails after you answer the emails to the boss. If they tease you because you answer emails from the boss before you answer their emails, simply say "Yes, of course, isn't that what everyone is supposed to do?" and move on to your next task. When promotion time comes around, your boss will see you as the one who communicates quickly and efficiently and that's a good thing.
The last thing to mention about email is that you need to have a personal, non-work email your friends can use when they want to send you an email. Most people don't realize that emails sent to their work address essentially becomes property of the company. If you have a private non-work email address you only check from home, you won't have to worry about the possibility of a friend sending "career damaging" information to you at work.
These are 3 simple time management and productivity tips you can use to help get a promotion at work. By adopting them, you send a clear message to your boss to that you are "ready for a promotion". Good luck and have fun with it!
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For more strategies on time management, be sure you check out author Michael Adams' exclusive free expert guide on tips for managing your time and multi-million dollar projects. Learn more at www.smart-time-management.com.
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