Today is Wednesday, so this post is about Outstanding Performance.
In this post, I’d like to share some common sense advice that escapes many people – do a good job in your current job and the promotions will come.
Over the years, I’ve encountered a lot of political animals – people who are always plotting and scheming on how to get the next promotion. In the short run, these people sometimes do win out over more deserving folks. In the long run however, my experience is that eventually they get passed by the people who consistently do a good job in the job that they are supposed to do.
I remember taking a job in the corporate Management and Organization Development department of a very large corporation in early 1980s. My colleagues and I were responsible for both training and organization development work. One of my first assignments was to do a Presentation Skills workshop for sales managers in a small division of the company.
I threw myself into designing and conducting this workshop. As it turns out the VP of Sales and Marketing for the division decided to attend. This was a bonus, because it gave me exposure to a senior leader in the company.
The workshop was a big success. After it was over, the VP asked me how I knew he would be in attendance. I told him I didn’t, and why was he asking. He told me that the workshop was so well planned and executed, that he assumed I knew he would be there. I told him that I plan and conduct workshops to the best of my ability, no matter what the audience.
This seemed a simple thing to me. It impressed him. He became one of my biggest clients. When he requested a service form the M&OD department, he always asked that I be the trainer or consultant assigned to the project. Several years later, he was the President of the division.
As it so happens, his division was spun off. By then, I was on my own running this consulting, coaching and speaking business. He called me, and offered me the job of VP HR for the company.
I chose to not join him, as I was living my dream as an independent consultant. However, the lesson I learned from the Presentation Skills workshop has remained with me today.
Do the best job you can in everything you do and the rewards will come.
That’s it for today. Thanks for reading. Log on to my other blog www.CommonSenseGuy.com for common sense advice on leading people and running a business, and my website www.BudBilanich.com for more common sense.
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Bud
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