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Congratulations, You are a Great Performer but you will not Move up-part 2
Several months ago I published an article about the ‘’real’’ factors that affect career progress in most organizations, and I went on to describe that your performance alone will not most probably grant you a higher level position.
And now in this article, I will move further to write about another two points that you should consider to move faster.
As a leader, how to avoid the pain of your overloaded Calendar?
Are you as a leader -no matter if you are a Manager of a team or a Project Manager- complaining about lack of time and that your calendar is always loaded with meetings which are usually going over time? Do you want a solution?
The answer is simple and in one word
The First Step to Influence Someone
I lived for 20 years with a specific belief, and it took me one day to change it.
This day was during a seminar that I was attending lots of years ago, where the instructor asked us- as attendees- to split and form 4 groups of 4 people, and to form a square where the 4 angles of this square are the 4 groups.
Congratulations!! You are a Great Performer, But You Will Not Move Up
One day, during training that I was attending lots of years ago, the instructor asked us ‘’what do you think is the most important factor for career development and progress within an organization?’’ And he gave us three options…
Please DO NOT have plan B
Jack: ‘’I decided to quit my job after six months to pursue my dream of starting my own business’’.
Peter: ‘’Congratulations!! But isn’t this a hard and risky decision? And what are you going to do if it didn’t work out?’’
Jack: ‘’I believe I considered everything, and I also have a Plan B’’.
And as soon as Jack announced that he has a Plan, he did not recognize that he just made his first step towards failing in his dream or, in other words, his business idea.
The most important success factor after defining your goals
Several weeks ago I was attending an event about entrepreneurship and young start-ups, where some aspiring founders had the chance to speak and tell us about their success stories and how did they establish their companies step by step.
Triangle of Life
One day I was standing in a building waiting for the elevator to arrive. During this time, there was already a pregnant lady standing beside me.
As we entered the elevator and pressed the required floor button, an old man in his eighties suddenly appeared opening the building's main door