Just imagine a perfect world, where the assignments completed by you would speak for themselves, you would be working in friendly teams most of the time with fair minded workers who would be ever ready to collaborate, effusive with their praise and overflowing with self effacing humility.
Navigate Office Politics
In such a scenario you would never ever have to worry about going ahead with self promotion, or feel the need to navigate office politics in order to get your due. All of this is way too good to be found true in the present day working world, in an ideal world it would be correct in its entirety though.
Leadership Abilities
The reality of the times requires you to speak up. A humble nature with oodles of generosity is all too good, they are indeed great attributes to possess as they help you put the team before self, add to your leadership abilities, and endear you to others as a thoroughbred professional.
Speak for Yourself
The poignant feeling that your work would speak for itself is indeed a noble one, add to that the idea of never staking out the territory, however, the reality of the present day workplace demands that you stand up and speak for yourself.
Carve Out Your Niche
And how would you go about doing the same, to begin with you need to carve out your niche in the team. Be prepared to share the credit but never let it fritter it away. Try and establish a presence outside your team as well.
Genuinely Feel Proud
Imagine a scenario where the team has just finished an innovative and complex project, and you genuinely feel proud of your contributions in the group effort, however at the all important company presentation your boss makes it a point to individually single out contributors and lavish effusive praises for their crucial contribution sans yourself.
Quiet Worker
Somehow the mention of your name is left out inadvertently. And if you happen to be a quiet worker, your contribution would be grossly overlooked by your own team mates as well as the company leadership.
Poster Boy
As an organizer of any event hogs the limelight, because of the role he assumes in the successful execution of the event and people indeed remember him for a long time to come as the person who inhabited the role successfully, in the process he became a face or a poster boy for that event.
Behind the Scenes
That is the psychology behind exposure and the ensuing success. In the event you take on tasks that happen to be executed behind the scenes, chances are your work may go unnoticed. As an individual who is used to being humble, you are going to think, how does it matter as long as the work gets done.
Personal Brand
Have you ever considered this, you do have a personal brand for your online presence, you surely do have a brand within your own team, or it is entirely possible that you may be lacking that brand entirely.
Final Words
It is very much possible that you would be lost in the shuffle, whenever opportunities for advancement arise, and if you are not really known for something special, no one would be able to think of your strengths and your name would not figure out in the minds or discussions of people who really matter, so think about it and carve out that all important niche in the team at the earliest.
This post originally appeared on the Briefingwire
