To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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When it comes to getting promoted, you want to present yourself in a way that feeds into the biases that bosses have about what makes someone promotable. You're already doing the hard work, so why not frame your effort in such a way that it increases your chances of obtaining the position you want?
Every time a new CEO came, I got a promotion till I was made CEO myself.
Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.
Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.
Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.
You can't just coast along. You need to be extraordinary. If you want a promotion or a raise, ask yourself, 'How can I behave in a way to get my boss to believe I deserve one?'
I should be known for my work and not how I promote myself and what I do.
I want people to see me for who I am and not for how someone else is trying to promote me.
If I had to do a lot of promotion as a kid, it would have been very intense. I'm really glad I got to go through high school, have a college experience, and have the last five years since then, just... being a person.
One of the things that I think I do well as a CEO is that I'm present. When I'm with my employees, I'm there in the moment.
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