Friday, June 13, 2008

Uncommon Common Sense Promotions

What is the basis for promotions and pay evaluations?

An intelligent person should be able to figure that out either via instinct or through careful thought and planning. However, I was surprised by my written list of things answering the question: What have you done outside your role to help the company as a whole? to demonstrate the core values of the company? Its not something I'd stop and think about voluntarily but is advice I'd offer to a younger me. Luckily, my instinct for taking on as much as I possibly can lends itself well toward the appearance (with evidence) that I am proactive within my company.

Examples include:
1) Volunteer Work
2) Increased Ownership of Company
3) Training
4) Recruiting
5) Acting as a subject matter expert
6) Participating in communities of practice

I think a wise thing to do would be to sit down each week and do this evaluation along side the evaluation for: How have I made my Boss's job easier this week?

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