Are You Promotable? 7 Key Factors
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If you’re interested in moving up in your career, it’s a good idea to stop and consider whether or not you are someone that the ‘powers that be’ in your company would view as being promotable. The way that you conduct yourself now can have a huge impact on whether or not you’ll accomplish your goals for climbing the ladder to the job of your dreams.

7 Factors that Impact Promotability

A number of factors – some performance-based and others related to your demeanor and attitude – can have a big impact on whether or not you’re likely to be considered to be promotable within your organization.

1.Team orientation – Are you able to function effectively as a team player? In order to be promotable, you have to have the ability to work effectively with and through other people. You have to be someone who is willing to put the needs of the group above your own self-interest.

2.Empathetic nature – Do you show empathy for others? People who lack empathy aren’t likely to be considered for advancement into management or leadership roles. In order to be promotable, you have to be able to step back from your own perspective to consider how things might impact or seem to other people.

3.Initiative – Do you show initiative? If you are viewed as someone who does just enough to get by, you aren’t likely to be considered to be promotable. Instead, it’s important to show initiative. This involves going the proverbial extra mile, as well as looking for – and offering – suggestions for improvement and better ways to accomplish tasks.

4.Accountability – Are you willing to be accountable? In order to be viewed as someone who is promotable, you need to consistently demonstrate accountability for your work. Being accountable involves having ownership for your work and realizing that you can’t delegate responsibility for your own actions.

5.Quality performance —Are you an outstanding performer? You must be good at doing your job if you want to be considered for opportunities for advancement. If you don’t know and consistently perform to an appropriate level of quality the essential functions of your job, management can’t possibly move you up.

6.Continual improvement – Are you concerned with professional growth and development? Management must realize that you want to move up in order to consider you to be promotable. To be seen this way, you should continually seek to grow and improve. Strive to improve your skills, being sure to participate in available training opportunities provided by your company.

7.Positive example for others – Do you set a good example for your coworkers? When considering people for promotions, management must consider what kind of example the people they select will set for other people. If you want to be seen as promotable, be sure that your attitude and your actions are exemplary, setting an example of how a model employee should behave.

Your Actions Matter

If you want to move up in your career, be sure that your actions now are sending an appropriate message, both to those who make promotion decisions as well as to your coworkers. After all, the way that coworkers will view your advancement is a significant factor that the decision-makers will have to take into consideration. Don’t let your current behavior become a barrier to leadership potential.