How to move up the career ladder. Tips for an HR Specialist

that interfere with career growth. But it is also necessary to follow specific steps to quickly advance at work. Some you already know and do, and some will be new. In this article - simple tips to help you climb career ladder. If these steps are not taken, then the path to the top may be delayed.

1. Know how to listen to people

Try to participate as little as possible in useless conversations and do not initiate them, but participate more in constructive conversations. Listen to what the interlocutor says to you. Believe me, when you are silent and consider what has been said, you look smarter.

You need to be able to listen carefully, try to do it objectively and understand what your interlocutor wants to convey to you and why. Learn to speak when you really need to. And in the moment of the conversation, listen as if you are being told an entertaining story.

2. Be involved

If your colleague has some kind of insurmountable difficulty, help him cope with it and sometimes offer your own help. And if you don’t know how to solve the problem, help the employee find resources that will help in solving it, don’t boil in your own juice. This way you will achieve the location of other people, as well as get invaluable experience for free.

This also applies to informal corporate affairs: holidays, birthdays, misfortunes of colleagues. Participate, help with the organization, get people interested. Be an informal leader, but don't get carried away - there are times when workers become good "socialists", but no more.

3. Read educational books

An expert can afford to be anything (remember Dr. House), but a manager must be the best among equals, an open person who can listen and understand the subordinate, say “no” in time, be able to work in multitasking mode and from various situations.

It will also be a good help to attend trainings to develop your leadership skills, trainings with a practical program are especially good. You should attend at least 2-3 trainings a year, and don't wait until they start offering them to you.

4. Admit your mistakes

Unfortunately, we get the most necessary knowledge and experience through our own mistakes. When we work, every failure seems like the end of our brilliant career. In fact, these are valuable lessons that in the future make us pay attention to the decisions made and the tasks set.

Many people in ordinary life would do well to do this: moderate your own pride and importance, admit your mistakes, understand them, analyze them and do not repeat them in the future.

Trying to protect themselves from decision-making and responsibility, employees often do not take any action or do not complete the work. But there is a good psychological technique: "I have the right to make mistakes, even the great ones were mistaken what to say about me." Don't be afraid to make mistakes, be afraid to repeat your mistakes. Take action!

Never hide your own mistakes at work, even if you know that a mistake will be punished. The secret always becomes clear. It will be worse if the error you are hiding leads to negative consequences. Your reputation as an employee will be lost forever. It is better to report your mistake to management and suggest ways to fix it, if possible.

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5. Do your best to get the job done

Try to complete the task as if you are doing it for yourself, and a lot depends on this task (within reason). Do more than what is expected of you, do 110%.

Consider all facets of the problem, modernize, bring something new. Do it, perhaps late, but surprise others with your approach and the result!

Remember, not everything depends on you, but you still have to make an effort. This quality will be appreciated by others.

6. Motivate people

Tell people that they can, that they will achieve more, and their mistakes and failures are temporary. Discuss with them in conversations the topics of honesty, hard work, personal growth, responsibility. Convey to them the idea that money is not always the main thing, there are other values.

Believe me, although the majority of people do not want to listen to conversations about high matters and may think that everything is only because of money, you can also hear something else in personal conversations. Pull people forward, no matter what, and you will get support.

7. Responsibility in everything

Take responsibility, carry the burden, don't give up. Yes, you may be tired, but rest and move on. People like it when there is a responsible person nearby, and responsible in everything: he comes on time, gets things done, looks good, controls his emotions, does not abandon those who rely on him.

Become a guarantor of reliability in the team. You will not even notice how you will rise above yourself - and up the career ladder.

The main thing is to be responsible for your words and actions, be consistent. This will serve you well.

8. Find a mentor

Find a mentor to help you climb the corporate ladder. This could be your supervisor, the head of a neighboring department, or even your friend. Learn from him so that he points out your mistakes and shows you new horizons. Ask him questions about management technologies - he has much more experience than you.

You can also go even further and get experience from the leader of your leader. You will absorb knowledge like a sponge, you will be able to expand your professional horizons. Do not think that no one will tell you anything: everyone is flattered when they are asked about their work, what they do and how they got there.

A difficult path, as you will have to constantly leave your comfort zone, be able to make difficult decisions and take responsibility for them when everyone around is silent. A leader in our time becomes a disciplined person, moderately talkative, able to listen, proactive and responsible. At the same time, he can be both an introvert and an extrovert.

What's great about the leader's path is that you have to develop yourself as a person and at the same time climb the career ladder. Remember that leaders are not born, but made.

In this case, we have recommendations on how to properly move between the career reefs. Introducing the seven rules of a successful careerist.

No. 1. Be an expert in a narrow field

Being an expert in a narrow field is one of the most important rules of life. The very evolution of life obeys this law. A small firm that cannot find its niche in the market is doomed to failure. The same is true with the employee. A person who is not an expert in his field is doomed to live paycheck to paycheck with no prospects for financial development. At one time, electronics was an innovation. The personal computer arose thanks to the development of electronics, and therefore due to the development of specialization.

The main thing in the development of your career is the formation of competence. But do not confuse deep study of the profession in order to work late according to the job description (and without it). Also, do not confuse the development of your profession with the performance of functionality that does not concern you. In Russia, and throughout the CIS, it is very fashionable to load an employee who has shown excessive agility.

It's not profitable for you to work anymore. It is beneficial for you to work for yourself and perform only those functions that will work for your resume and contribute to vertical growth.

At one time I happened to work as a marketing analyst in one of the largest telecommunications companies. In addition to the main job, at first, a new inexperienced employee was loaded with work that did not concern me. Specifically, to make reports that an employee of a neighboring unit should do. He didn't do it because he was loaded. Being a person willing to work, I certainly took this job. My bosses noticed this and began to add new ones. Began to sew up in a routine. There was no way to opt out of this feature. Since the bosses at their level agreed. But I was not interested in what my bosses agreed on. I needed to get rid of this job. One smart colleague advised me to do the following. Sometimes (or better often) it pays to cheat. Do work that does not bring development for you intentionally badly. This will make you distrustful. On the one hand, there will be a rumor about your incompetence, on the other hand, you will no longer be entrusted with your own business. You will free up time for self-development during working hours, and this is already working in the future to increase your earnings. Believe me, you don't have to work hard. Especially if it does not bring any benefit to you personally. As a result, I was no longer trusted to do a job that was not mine, since I do it “badly”. I freed up my time to learn new functionality. At first, the boss did not like me because of this. But later I came up with a very useful report for my boss. With this, I recovered, and later submitted a resume to another company, because I did not find an interesting and better paid position in the current one, and got a job with a salary twice as much.

Morality

“Pump” yourself with new skills that will make it possible to earn more. Get rid of uninteresting tasks and in any case do not do your job.

No. 2. Find out where 20% of the effort will give you 80% of the results

Richard Koch, Lecturer in Management Economics and Business Strategy at the University of Birmingham School of Business, advises early in your career to decide in which direction 20% of your efforts will give you 80% of the results. The famous Pareto principle. It is based on the correct choice of the minimum of the most important actions that will bring the maximum result, while further improvements may not be justified. It doesn't matter who you are. Employee, founder, self-employed, small or large employer. In any case, you have clients on whom your prosperity depends.

In any field, 80% of people achieve only 20% of the result, and 20% of people are content with as much as 80% of the wealth. Why is this happening? What are people doing wrong? First of all, Richard Koch, whom we mentioned, advises you to start asking yourself questions. Are you the right fit for your customers, are they the right fit for you? Do you work for the company you want? Is it in the same department? Are you employed in a profitable area of work? Do you enjoy work? If not, then you should change your location. Koch was a management consultant. In his field, he constantly asked himself questions. Accordingly, we have a clear picture here. Got a big client - great! Signed a major contract - super! You have a team of students on whom you can transfer routine tasks - a class. You have close contacts with management - great.

You should not stay too long in one place, afraid to move to another job. This is silly. Don't listen to the girls in HR who say they don't like flyers (employees who change companies more than once a year). Yes, such people are viewed with suspicion. However, everything can be beaten by competently compiling a resume. Including frequent job changes. Public opinion, negatively related to extravagant personalities, should not worry you. You must learn one fact - you are born for yourself, not for the public. Look for what will bring you the maximum result with the minimum expenditure of energy.

No. 3. Start working for yourself early in your career

We have already talked about planning. Now we will talk about planning your working time. It must be planned with the expectation of preferring those tasks that are many times more productive than others. I'm sure that as you start your career, you'll be thrown off tasks like "clearing through 1,500 letters of paperwork", "responding to 567 website signatories with 'Sorry, we can't help you' style" or fixing 5,000 incorrectly printed flyers letter… Yes, there will be many such tasks. Get rid of them by any means. Up to the imitation of sick leave. Nothing personal just business. You are hired not as a valuable person, but as a valuable machine that performs a set of functions. However, you are not a cog. You benefit from doing less and getting more. This very “getting more” clearly does not depend on how well you draw a letter in the 3456th flyer. What kind of development can we talk about if you are doing this? But there is still personal time. And it belongs to you, not your employer. The task of the employer is to squeeze the maximum out of you. Your task is to give him the minimum. Be prepared for the fact that the employer will often beat you, so you should always strive for the place of this very employer.

By swapping places with him, you will change your attitude. Now you dictate the terms. Only in one case should you not strive to open your own business. If in your current company you actively absorb knowledge. This is exactly the asset that will help you turn a set of data from your head into real money as quickly as possible by opening your business. As a rule, active absorption of knowledge takes place in the first 2-3 years of your career. During this period, you will not receive much, but you will know a lot in order to learn how to receive a lot. In principle, during this period, you can not rock the boat, but do not forget to get rid of stupid tasks.

I used this principle early in my career. In five years, I have changed many companies and have never regretted the fears from the new employer, saying, “Why do you leave so often?” In my first job, I learned meticulousness from female colleagues. I confess that working in a women's team, and even, let's say, too scrupulous (analytics department), is far from sugar. But I did not baptize children with them. He left soon after and received a position with a salary twice the previous one. There was a great team there. This is where I learned to think strategically. I no longer performed boring tasks, but solved and gave advice. The next position brought me twice as much salary, but also more problems. The working day did not end for 12 hours. I decided it wasn't worth it. Having gained knowledge in telecommunications, and later in IT consulting, I decided to open my own business. Gained knowledge. I won’t say that I learned everything, but I received the necessary baggage. Now it's up to me. Now I am running three projects and in a year I have reached an income level that exceeds the salary at my last job. I consider this a success. I was not particularly interested in what employers and, even more so, my colleagues at work would think of me. I got what I needed from them. And what did he give? Yes, he gave his job. That's what. Among other things, kept a good relationship with the right people, and this is very important in business.

No. 4. Outsource work that is not your specialty

The most successful companies are the ones that have ditched the redundant services and only do what they do best. If a company is an ace in marketing, it is not engaged in production. If she understands inventions but does not know how to sell them, she hires a competent outsourcing firm for sales. It is better to sell but get less than not to sell at all. An important rule of a careerist is to hire a maximum of performers who perform functions that are not inherent to you. At the same time, you will focus on those areas where you are stronger than your competitors. At the beginning of your career, if you work in, say, an analytical department (doing economic analysis), you should not go into IT (unless, of course, you want to become a programmer in the future). This is not your job.

Your task is to force the aforementioned division to provide you with material for work in the shortest possible time and with the highest quality. No need to figure out what problems your programmers have and why a certain code did not work at 5 o'clock in the morning, but worked at 6 and lost a piece of data. You shouldn't be concerned. In practice, the quality and speed of work depends on your rigidity.

No. 5. Be careful and prudent

As a rule, when you work for someone, there is an unspoken rule - do not take the initiative. It ends sadly. People understand that you can be dumped on sections of work that you will pull. And then it’s already “uncomfortable” to refuse. You will be scolded, they say, there is no one but you. Therefore, it is necessary to be prudent in this matter. It is also important to correctly position yourself in the team and in front of the boss. At first, don't stand out. Regarding the appearance - be careful, you need to smell good. At the same time, there is no need to stand out with bright clothes. They will be jealous. And envy will lead to negative attitudes. This is of no use to you.

While the essence and the matter you take from your colleagues knowledge. You don't have to get into intimate relationships. Be polite, keep up conversations, but never discuss your superiors, your colleagues, do not gossip. In the team, gossip scatters at lightning speed and your reputation can be tarnished. Make the necessary acquaintances with higher people, hit them in the eye, as they can contribute to your vertical advancement. Relationship with superiors is a separate issue. There are several types of bosses. And with each of them you need to behave differently. Here are the main ones:

Made a career from the bottom

The most difficult type, since he has already passed your way to the end. There's nothing to be done here. Will have to grind. Only selfless work will help to achieve success. It is worth planning right away how to move to another department from such a boss, “taking out” the maximum knowledge, since vertical advancement under him will be extremely slow.

stuck

This type has made a career by sticking to his patron. Good type. Beneficial for you. He is predictable, megalomaniac, cunning. At the same time, you are able to take his place. He will be shy in front of you if he finds out that you are connected with the higher authorities.

Upstart

Quickly promoted due to chance. I did not have time to get embittered during the promotion. You can agree with him. Likes employees with dignity, who are able to put themselves below him. Values quality work. You can work with him. Can help you move forward.

blockhead

Dumb zeal is cured in the generals. The method of "working" with him is length of service. He is an honest idiot and can recommend you for a promotion himself. If it doesn’t work out, you need to make connections with the authorities past him.

idler

As a rule, taking a place on communications. It's easier to work with him. He appreciates the work that is done for him. With delusions of grandeur. He can be outmaneuvered. But it is difficult to take his place. Therefore, try to make connections past him.

No. 6. Strengthen your self-control

At first, it will be difficult, so endurance is important. You don’t want to hear from any of your friends or relatives at the end of your career: “I didn’t manage it, my friend. The gut is thin! Early on, learn to use people for your own ends. At first, of course, they will play you. You are a pawn. But with proper construction, everything will change. Shine in front of your superiors. Do not take on extra functionality.

Participate in corporate parties (a great chance to make the right connections in an informal setting). Make contacts with newly arrived colleagues, as these people can become devoted to you. Master your acting skills. It is important here to portray the accepted emotions in your company. Yes, you really don't give a damn about photos of your boss from Turkey, but in no case should this be portrayed if he shows them to you. At one time, I learned to tell jokes well while working in one of the companies.

It got to the point that at every opportunity my superiors asked me to tell something new. Using this, they paid attention to me at meetings. It is important not to overdo it, otherwise they will think that the clown will be perceived that way. You need to move to the main one and shine in front of it, right?

No. 7. Be energetic and don't give up

Despondency is a sin. It's said in the Bible. Have you often observed your colleagues, dressed in whatever, with gray eyes that depict nothing? I often. You shouldn't be like them. This leads to collapse or being stuck in one place for many years. At one time, I made a plan for every day what needs to be done. The plan was not to do all-all-all of your duties. It was about making the most of it for yourself. Let's say the morning should start with learning something new. Time came to 11-12? You need to go for coffee with your boss, discuss everyday life, tell a joke, find out what is happening at the top. Dinner? Don't dine alone. It is clear that you want to devote this hour to yourself, but it is better to spend it with benefit. Not necessarily with the boss. It can be a new colleague at work, and an important specialist for you (capable of being useful to you) from another department, or a pretty assistant to the director of a company who can be useful to you in analyzing the main person. Don't be shy about these people. It is advisable to dine with the right people 3-4 times a week. After lunch, you can do your immediate duties. As a rule, this is a routine. If there are a lot of them, then it is better to do it in the morning, since it is better to do uninteresting tasks faster in order to free up the day.

Don't forget to leave time for planning work for the week. Do you smoke? This can also be used to your advantage. On smoking rooms you can learn a lot of important things. Most importantly, do not go too often and do not gossip. They will definitely know about it.

Conclusion

These tips are not a panacea. You know very well that not everything goes according to plan. But it is better to have a plan than not to have one and it is not clear where to go.

A career ladder, or rather career advancement, is the dream of many. Wages rise several times, social status becomes more privileged. The stakes are too high, so there are no small things along the way.

In this article you will read:

What is the career ladder and why does everyone strive to climb it up
How to move up the career ladder
How to get ahead of competitors on the career ladder
Why do so many people stumble up the career ladder?
Because of what fatal mistakes you can forget about career advancement

What is a career ladder

Any person, getting a job in any company, wants to achieve success and climb career ladder. In most cases, the applicant starts working in a minor position, but gaining experience and knowledge, he hopes that he will get a higher position, as he will meet the necessary requirements. Of course, it is not possible to grow up the career ladder in all companies, as in some the staff is small. If you get a job in a large and developed company, you can climb the career ladder, and at the same time you will have a highly paid managerial job.

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Everyone wants to get a leadership position that raise his authority and will pay well. However, it happens that a person stays in the same low-paying job, while other newcomers quickly move up the career ladder.

How to make a career ladder plan

1) Define your career goal. It is necessary to carefully and carefully consider, weigh everything and not rush. Make a decision without pressure from relatives or friends, it should be your opinion. In this case, your career goal will be exactly yours, which means it will be interesting for you and will be able to come true.

2) Study the requirements for the career goal you have chosen. Make a complete list that must be up to date. Also indicate in the list your education and level of professionalism; personal qualities that will help in achieving the goal; experience; the presence of positive characteristics from previous bosses and leaders.

3) Determine objectively how far you are from achieving your career goal. Check off those items on the list of requirements that you have and achieved during your professional activity. For example, you want to become a chief accountant. You do an excellent job as a staff accountant and know all the nuances of accounting, but you have no experience in a managerial position. Thus, you will understand what else needs to be achieved.

4) Make a plan to move from your current state to your goal. Determine what shortcomings you have, what qualities need to be improved and developed. For example, take refresher courses or attend business training for managers and bosses.

5) Schedule the time frame during which you are going to implement all the points of your career plan. At the beginning of the list of requirements, indicate the most important points and those that will take a lot of time.

6) Take control of your career plan. Periodically study the career plan, make notes about the milestones and completed tasks, analyze the achieved subgoals, do not change the deadlines. Make adjustments if necessary. Changes indicate that you are moving, not standing still, which means that you are getting closer to your goal. And then the result will not keep you waiting long.

3 steps of the career ladder

The first step is understanding your goal. Remember: the leader is a keg of gunpowder. Without fire, without a goal, he is just boards knocked together and gray powder. Every goal needs means of realization. Your funds are time, health, energy, money sources, business connections, power. It must be taken into account that any resources can be exhausted. And the sources that you have at the moment are helping you now. New achievements require new sources. They need to be drawn from outside. This means that they exist, but they are owned by other people. Therefore, your tasks are: finding a system that meets your goals; entry into it; using the necessary sources, beating other players.

The second step is to find a suitable system. There are leaders who create their own system and play by their own rules. Thus, starting from the second rung, they go up a completely different ladder. Not everyone is capable of this, and most consider such leaders crazy, because the risk in this case is too great. But, as you know, the more dangerous the hunt, the larger the prey. The rest of the leaders decide to choose a system that already exists and was created earlier by someone else. In these systems, the leader begins to fight for his niche and profitable sources.

Before proceeding to describe the next step, let's focus on the first two. You can consider them on a specific example. This will help you avoid the hassle of setting a goal and finding a system.

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Suppose you are an accountant who is looking for a job. Your innermost dream is employment in a large company, where only professionals in their field work in the accounting department, and the salary corresponds to your wishes. However, you no longer want to work as a full-time accountant, as you are confident in yourself and you have many years of experience. Therefore, you are applying for the position of deputy department, not lower.

This step is goal setting. A person without leadership qualities would be happy to work in such a large company not only as an ordinary accountant, but also as a secretary. The leader realizes that in such a system the desired positions are occupied, and there is very little chance of climbing the career ladder from an accountant to a deputy head of an accounting department. The Human Resources department tells you that you have no experience in managerial positions, so you can only be offered a job as a secretary.

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You are upset and understand that you can choose between a small firm that employs young professionals, or go to a large company as a secretary. This is the stage of system selection. The system must meet the intended purpose. For this reason, you, as a professional and a leader, realize that taking the position of deputy head of accounting in the shortest possible time in a small company - with your knowledge and experience - is real.

Without interrupting the plot, we will smoothly move on to the third rung of the career ladder. This is the highest and most difficult step, so it must be passed in parts.

Here you go to the office of the personnel department of your chosen company to have an interview. Walk around the company's office. After all, you will need to work with the employees of this company. Find out if it will be comfortable for you to work, will you work well with the team? During the interview, study the head of the company, because your career growth will depend on him. How cute is he to you? Are you ready to work for him and follow his orders? Do the manager, the team and the company itself make a good impression? Do you see promising cooperation? So, now is the time when you can proceed to the designated goal!

The third stage is the establishment of relationships with the system. The leader must possess the qualities of a tactician and a strategist. And that's exactly what it is. A professional leader gets used to the role of a medieval commander and wages war in several directions at once:

1) the battle for sources;

2) battle for statuses;

3) the battle to get closer to the "boss body".

The battle for sources is a constant struggle for the management, distribution and use of the available material, technical, financial, human and other resources of the company. This is power. The benefits of owning power are obvious and do not require explanation.

Status battle. Status is an informal position in the company, giving the advantage to influence the decisions and judgments of other employees.

Approaching the "body of the boss" - the right to any interaction and communication with superiors, the ability to influence important decisions on the distribution of sources and statuses.

From a young age I wanted to be the first

Georgy Pogosbekov, CEO of M.I.T (Miele Innovation Centre), Moscow

In my youth, I always wanted to be the first: in the army service - a commander, as a student - the head of the group. At the university, I was both the head of the stream and the head of the CRC for the protection of the rights of students of the Faculty of Law. By the way, the first half of studying at a university is necessary to “work for a record book”, and the second half it works for a student. It was the same in my life after graduation: the teacher recommended me to the head of the Russian-Chinese holding. I started working as an in-house lawyer. Six months later, I took the position of head of the foreign economic activity department. After the same period, I was transferred to the same position, but in a larger holding company. After 2 years, I became the second person of the company after the CEO, who was the owner. There were no career prospects in this holding, so I got another job. In a new place, after a short period of time, I began working as a general director.

At 27, I already have two years of experience as CEO. I am not going to change my job yet, as the employer will definitely think about my short experience in my position and my age. Therefore, only by the age of thirty I want to rise even one step higher. How exactly?

Organizations are divided into 4 groups, depending on the territorial scale of their activities:

1 - a company operating in one region (I currently work in such a company).

2 - an organization that has its branches in other regions.

3 is a large company with its representative offices throughout the Russian Federation and in the CIS countries.

4 is a multinational company operating all over the world.

I want to be the CEO of a Group 2 or Group 3 company by the age of thirty. What do I think will help me achieve my goal?

Hard work.

Education. I study at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Civil Servants, I also study business literature, attend industry conferences, communicate with colleagues, consult with them, share ideas.

Useful links. I make business connections by participating in conferences, as well as by solving tasks in my company.

Family support. This is one of the most important components of a leader's career growth. Perhaps even the main one. If you constantly hear “why did you come home from work so late, we don’t see you at all”, there can be no question of any success.

5 strategies to climb the corporate ladder

1. Create your dream job in your mind and then strategically add aspects of it to your current position. You may not like certain aspects of the job today and feel like you are highly qualified for it. However, do not focus on this, use your strengths in this workplace to the maximum. Think about which tasks are easy for you, and which are worse, and for what reason this happens.

When you find answers to your questions, discuss them with your boss or company leader. Suggest how you can incorporate into your work activities those tasks that you dream of working with. Explain how the company will benefit from the implementation of these tasks. If the leader sees that you are very responsible in the performance of the work assigned to you now, then he will definitely give you the go-ahead.

In this way, you will prove that you are a highly motivated and valuable employee for the company, and you will be treated properly. The more tasks assigned to you, the more respect your manager will treat you with, because you are striving to climb the career ladder. If there is an opportunity to offer you a job in a higher position, the manager will definitely do it.

2. Find a mentor (or two). You must dream, but you must have a mentor who has achieved the same heights that you dream of. He can help you turn your dreams into reality with advice, ongoing advice and support. There are mentors in different areas of activity. So to be more successful, find a few different mentors.

In the office, mentors will help you become part of the team, recommend you to the authorities if career opportunities arise. Find another mentor who will be radically different from the previous one. He will not only give you new ideas, but will also help you move up the career ladder in other areas of the company in which you dream of working. The constant search for a mentor shows your leadership qualities, energy and enthusiasm, which determine the choice of a candidate for a high position.

3. Find out the requirements of your dream job. In most cases, people stay to work at the same workplace, because they are afraid that they do not have enough strength and knowledge. Instead of pleading the worthlessness of your higher education, identify a list of information sources that will help you move up the career ladder and start studying them.

Your interest and passion should be your guiding principles during informational learning. And if you choose the right path, you will be involved in learning new material and will not stop learning halfway. Read books, publications, contact professionals for advice. Today, you can easily find the right source of information, given the modern possibilities.

If you are fluent in the studied information, talk about your idea, then you will be trusted and respected for your opinion. This will emphasize your business enthusiasm, even if it differs from your position at the moment.

4. Ask for feedback. If you have already implemented the above proposals, but there are no career advancements, then you can contact your superiors directly. Invite your manager to meet to find out what needs to be improved in your work. Some things you may already know (for example, “I think you are no longer interested in ...”), and some aspects may surprise you quite a lot (for example, “you can’t get a promotion until you yourself learn to manage relationships with clients"). Most likely, your manager is not aware that you want to climb the corporate ladder in your company (for example, if everyone knows that you are a very active person in your own right).

But you shouldn't stop there. Talk to your colleagues, find out what strengths and advantages they think you have, and which ones need to be improved. Most likely, you will hear some criticism, and some of the answers will surprise you. Be sure to listen to the team.

5. Befriend people in other departments. Of course, any person is more comfortable when he has friends at work. You not only communicate well with them, but also create a team culture within the company. This will help you to always be aware of the appearance of new attractive jobs before the general publicity to employees. You must communicate well with colleagues not only from different departments and positions, but also be friends with a person working in a similar position so that you do not lose enthusiasm and continue to move towards your goal.

Do not forget that you may be in a low position, but you are in control of your career. All responsibility lies on your shoulders, so get the maximum positive result from where you are today. Even if all the measures on the path to career growth do not allow you to get a promotion on the career ladder, they will help you prepare for a higher step in another company.

How to get ahead of competitors on the career ladder

Option number 1. Sell yourself to the boss as a person. How to determine the possibility of success of such a "self-sale"? The result criterion is very simple. Any management is engaged in the development of its company, that is, it thinks about the introduction of effective innovations. Innovations are based on creative projects. This means that any idea of the leader must be adjusted so that it can be used and benefited. Therefore, he needs an interlocutor. He will turn not to anyone he meets, but to the person who can offer something and whom he trusts.

So, if a manager asks you for advice on a particular issue, then you have entered his circle of trust, and he sees a creative person in you. If you are given to complete a previously developed task, then you could not win over, and you need to use other methods.

Option number 2. Find out in detail the goals and priorities of your leader. Current, not urgent, long-term priorities - in the context of your function. You must learn to serve them. It seems to you that you are being hired in order to develop the company, promote it on the market, and increase its competitiveness. But not only for this. Each employee of the company who has a boss over himself is obliged to fulfill his tasks, that is, in the narrow sense, you work not for the company, but for your boss. Therefore, you must know its goals in order to serve them. To do this, you need to be interested in them and ask clarifying questions.

Find out how your boss will evaluate your work. Specify what tasks are in priority for him. The evaluation of your work will not depend on its quality, but on how well you completed the tasks of your immediate supervisor. There is nothing like this in the job description, or in the position of the department.

You may be the first to ask how your manager sees the direction of your department. What goals did he set for the department? What is the measure of the result of work activity? You might think that the functions of other people are served by those employees who do not have their own. However, it is impossible to realize your goal without serving the goal of another. Consider the example of an accountant who applied for a job. It is impossible to realize his goal immediately, without making efforts. For this reason, he decides to get a job in a small firm, in which he will carry out the instructions of the chief accountant until he achieves his goal. Therefore, you must learn to serve your leader's goals.

Option number 3. Sell the results of your work in the context of the goals and priorities of the leader. There are many specialists who understand the work much better than their boss, they can make effective decisions and identify emerging problems. In fact, they are pleased to perform tasks that lie beyond the established ones. They are professionals, therefore they sincerely believe that they know better than any boss how to solve a particular problem. But in order not to get bogged down in the performance of leadership functions, you need to clearly define your goals and distinguish them from the goals of the boss. In addition to performing the tasks of the head, you can easily perform the functions that you like. Do what you love! But you need to present the results of your work in the context of your boss. In this case, you can easily use statuses, resources and trust. If your activity does not bring you any positive emotions, then it needs to be urgently changed.

Developing leadership qualities of a leader: 6 rules of a real leader

Sergey Bykovskikh, President of Henkel Rus, General Manager of Henkel Beauty Care in Russia and CIS countries, Moscow

Most people think that leadership qualities contribute to effective interaction between subordinates and management. I concluded that leadership is directed primarily at oneself. If you cannot understand yourself, you will never be able to lead other people. Therefore, if I want my team to follow the principles I have established, I show proper behavior by example every day.

In our company, this is the most important condition for leadership - lead myself (which means "manage yourself" in English). Then other principles follow, these include: lead team (from English - “manage a team”), lead stakeholders (from English - “manage stakeholders”), lead change (from English - “manage changes”) and lead performance (from English - manage results. Here is a list of leadership rules that I follow:

Give attention to subordinates. You may not even think about it, but the team always monitors any changes in your behavior and attitude towards it. For example, you were very busy and did not say hello to someone. This can affect the employee's performance that day, and you will be at a loss why he began to perform tasks so badly. Therefore, I try to give everyone attention in my company. A greeting, a smile, a handshake is not difficult at all, and at the same time it perfectly increases the motivation and performance of all employees.

Deal properly with subordinates. It must always be remembered that it is impossible to neglect the rules of working with subordinates, for example, to speak with them in raised tones. Suppose you are not satisfied with how a subordinate performs the task assigned to him. If you talk to him emotionally, it will not bring any results. It is more efficient to determine the cause of low performance. I learn from the employee the essence of the task, the stages of its implementation and the final result. If everything is correct, then most likely he is not attentive enough to the task. In that case, I will calmly explain that if this continues, I will have to say goodbye to him. In most cases, the employee understands and begins to take a more responsible approach to performing any tasks.

Pick a team from those you really trust. I work with people who work in other regions, branches and departments. Therefore, it is quite problematic to control from a distance. It is very important for me that all employees comply with the rules and requirements established by the company. At the same time, I show that I trust the team. For example, when giving a task, I explain its essence and what I want to see in the end. This is how I show that I trust him. The subordinate, seeing such an attitude, responds in kind.

Raise a successor. Before moving on to the next level in my career, I find a person who can replace me. My successor will be able to finish the project I started without any problems. That is, my career principle is that I can move up the career ladder if I have people who can also rise higher and take a new step.

Don't show power. If the leader shows that he is above others and can manage them as he likes, then this indicates a low culture and failure of the individual. The collective hierarchy sometimes does not help in resolving some situations. The team will follow the leader or not even blink an eye. Every day I keep in mind that not only am I the head of the company, but I also have a family, a hobby, a job. And I have to act like a normal person.

Understand that the world is much more than work. Work is one of the main areas of life. However, I also have other activities. For example, I go for a run every day. When I run, I feel clarity of thoughts, I distract myself from current problems and begin to imagine the situation in the future. For example, I realize that I devote too much time to a certain task, and, on the contrary, not enough to another, more important one. Running promotes prioritization. My first boss, a man of a fairly mature age, walked along the boulevard every day at lunchtime for half an hour. After 15 years, I attended a business summit in Germany and learned that a 15-minute walk at lunch helps keep the body in good shape and clarity of thought. That's when I remembered my first boss, he worked out the same rule for himself. I trust this experience.

Common mistakes that lead to stumbling up the career ladder

1. Expectant passivity. Very often, an employee works in the same position for a long time, responsibly fulfilling his professional duties. And when a vacancy for the head of the department appears, the employee is sure that they will take him. But they take a person "from the street." Why is this happening? Because the majority thinks that there is no need to ask for anything, everything will come by itself, someone will give something. This does not happen on the path of career growth.

If the employee did not approach the head of the company with an offer of his candidacy for the vacant position, then the manager is sure that the employee is completely satisfied with the workplace. By contacting the management about the vacancy in time, the employee could clarify the duties of the head of the department, and simply notify him of his desire to work in this position. It would never occur to any leadership to appoint such an insecure person as the head of the department, because he will have to manage other people.

2. Incorrect speech and gestures. "Peter Petrovich ... I wanted to know ... (in a trembling voice and stammering). I would like to ... (constantly adjusting his glasses). You know, in our company ... (lowering his head). In general, I decided that it would be good ... ( hesitantly pronouncing every word). Your communication with superiors and gestures say a lot about you. Of course, we will receive appropriate answers to such questions. For insecurity and embarrassment, you will receive sympathy and guardianship. Is that the impression you want to leave after talking with your boss? Will such a person be able to take a managerial position?

You must remember that excessive unnaturalness, insecurity and inertia will not help in moving up the career ladder. A leader does not have these qualities. Your failure is characterized by a trembling voice, downcast eyes, inappropriate laughter, an unnatural smile and playfulness, a guilty look, endless introductory phrases about nothing.

Weakness and fear will demonstrate "cautious" turns of speech: "I'm trying to do this", "could you ...", "it seemed to me", "I did not quite understand", "maybe", "as if".

Before talking with superiors, it is necessary to highlight the main idea, and start the conversation from it. The manager will ask you clarifying questions if necessary. You should be open, express your thoughts briefly and clearly, look the interlocutor in the eye.

3. Demonstration of emotions is the key to failure. All people are emotional. Emotional breakdowns in the form of tears and screams in response to any sideways glance will not help you climb the career ladder. Your composure and impartiality will show that you can make thoughtful and rational decisions about any problem. Naturally, an emotional person is not always inconsistent, but this cannot be explained to everyone.

Any person thinks out the meaning of other people's words. There is no need to defiantly show dissatisfaction with the authorities if they misunderstood you. Ask directly what is the reason for this attitude towards you. Or maybe there is no reason? Maybe you came up with something yourself? Or is it not you?

Don't let your feelings be manipulated. If you do an excellent job, then the reward should be appropriate. Neither attachment nor past mistakes should affect it.

You can hide your emotionality by minimizing personal conversations. Never take criticism of you as an insult to your personality.

4. Not all work is good. Let's consider in practice. Two friends worked - Andrey and Kirill. They performed all tasks very responsibly and carefully. Andrew did everything that was asked. Cyril performed some tasks perfectly, others he refused, with the exception of direct duties. Therefore, all employees, in order not to do routine work, asked Andrey to help. Everyone was surprised when Kirill was promoted, not Andrei.

The reason was that Kirill took on tasks that could increase his professionalism. Any employee can scan documents all day long or look for some information in folders. This was his principle. And as it turned out, he was justified.

Therefore, perform assigned tasks that will help you improve your skills and expand the scope of your activities.

5. Everyone likes the desire in the team. The employee is in a bad mood and does not want to stand and scan documents all day. A colleague took a half-day leave to see a doctor, and you assume his duties.

You were taught to help people. But in this case, you cannot fully do exactly your job. Your boss is very angry. Everyone knows that you are a sympathetic person, but you are slow. You will not see career growth!

Don't hesitate to say "no". You must clearly and clearly explain to a colleague why you are refusing him. Colleagues must understand that you have responsible tasks that must be carried out carefully. But accept tasks that will help you win in the eyes of your superiors. Then the manager will see that you are capable of more.

3 fatal mistakes, after which you can forget about climbing the career ladder

1) Lack of patience. If you are the initiator of your career growth, you must realistically assess your capabilities and goals. Often, in cases of untimeliness, the initiative is not justified. For example, a person in a company works for a short period of time, even if he is already over forty, he is still considered a “young” specialist. This is the psychology of a group of people. Therefore, during the first year and a half, do not rush with the initiative. Study and analyze the company's plans for the future, gain the trust of the manager and set friendly relations with colleagues. Of course, no one canceled leadership qualities, but know how to listen and obey the leadership when necessary.

2) intrigue, intrigue, mobbing. When there is a lot of competition, then any means of achieving goals can come into play. However, management respects ambitious employees. Therefore, do not use forbidden tricks. Praising your merits, at the expense of humiliating another person, will show you from a not very good side. This principle is followed by most leaders.

3) Self-PR and presentation of their achievements. It seems inappropriate when a person works in a company recently. Selfishness can turn away from you not only the whole team, but also the leader himself. And for such a careerist there will always be someone else worse. Therefore, if you want to initiate career advancement, you must always achieve the indicators set by management and only then take the initiative. It is important that you achieve real success in completing tasks that will allow the company to receive cash income. But even in this case, your status will not change immediately. The authority of the employee is formed for a long time. You must realize that career advancement is a complex process that is not solved overnight.

Information about the author and company

Georgy Pogosbekov, CEO of M.I.T (Miele Innovation Centre), Moscow. M.I.T (Miele Innovation Centre). Field of activity: retail sale of household appliances (the official representative in Russia of the Mile CIS company). Form of organization: LLC. Location: Moscow. Number of staff: 25. Length of service of the General Director: since 2008.

Sergei Bykovskikh, President of Henkel Rus, General Manager of Henkel Beauty Care in Russia and CIS countries, Moscow. Henkel Rus LLC. Field of activity: production of cosmetics, cleaning and detergents, as well as building mixtures and technologies. Number of employees: more than 2500. Territory: head office in Moscow, eight manufacturing plants in Kolomna, Nevinnomyssk, Noginsk, Perm, Tosno, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk, Engels. Sales volume at the global level: 16.4 billion euros. Sales volume in Russia: 1.093 billion euros.

There are currently many people working all over the world who cannot always achieve rapid career advancement. After all, they believe that they are constantly facing some kind of obstacles, but in fact, people simply do not know how to move up their career ladder. Quite often, those people who are able to raise their entire team, unfortunately, remain in assistants.

At present, it is worth understanding that sitting in one place will not achieve success. No one will come and move you forward. You have to make your own career!

First you need to try to look at yourself from the outside. Many people stay where they are because they don't want to achieve anything themselves. Promotion is possible only if the person really wants it. After all, it is purposefulness that pushes a person to the right actions and makes him stronger. A person who wants to be a high-ranking person in his company must constantly grow. If knowledge, morals and preferences change in the team, then the manager must understand his employees and use new management methods.

To get a promotion on the career ladder, you need to try to stand out with your successes among others and ensure that senior management appreciates them. However, to achieve this result, you need to make a lot of effort. But this does not mean at all that you need to work hard and cover the entire scope of the enterprise. You need to try to become invisible in the company, otherwise a person may be blamed for such cases that will not contribute to career growth. They will only lead to a physical breakdown, and a person may lose the desire to achieve something.

Working in a company, you must try to become a professional in your field. Therefore, it is very important that a person during his work can concentrate on achieving one goal and persistently achieve it.

Also, in order to get promotion on the career ladder, you need to try to optimize your own time. Self-organization enables a person to learn effectively, but activity allows you to plan everything purposefully.

Nowadays, many enterprises provide the employee with the possibility of remote access to work. Thus, the employee has a rolling work schedule, due to which the person will have additional opportunities related to professional growth. However, if it is difficult for an employee to independently monitor his discipline, then the work schedule may be disrupted and the person during working hours will do something completely different from what is needed.

A person who knows how to bring any of his business to the end can achieve success and move up the career ladder. And he needs to take on a new business only when he finishes the previous one.

It is important that a person can cope in the workplace with various stressful situations, as well as with their mistakes and failures. The most important thing is not to make the two most common mistakes:

Bring all your stresses home;
Cherish all your mistakes and failures.

If an employee has any problems, it is necessary to think about what specific actions should be taken to solve them, and who of the people can really help sort out this issue. No need to complain to your relatives and discuss your problem with work colleagues. It is better at this time to start looking for its solution.

Do not bring all your negative emotions home. This is due to the fact that a person always associates a house with relaxation. In addition, if you reflect all the negativity on your loved ones, then the person will still have problems in family relationships.

If a person is very irritated, then he should rest a bit in nature and breathe fresh air. You can also discharge yourself if you mentally fight with the person who caused the negativity for about 10-15 minutes. To do this, you can use a punching bag. Due to physical activity, all negative energy will gradually begin to dissipate. You can also try to return home a little later than usual, walk in your favorite park, sit on a bench and watch what is happening around. Thus, a person is completely relieved of internal stress, and he becomes less irritable.

Who can achieve rapid career advancement?

There are basically 3 groups of people who can achieve career advancement:

1. The first group includes workers who value their work very much and want to work tirelessly. Such people need to work on themselves as much as possible and try to improve their professional skills all the time. Also, this group of workers would not hurt to take any courses or trainings to achieve success.

3. The third group includes employees who consider themselves true professionals, so they think that they do not need to undergo any additional training at all. Such employees are most often engaged in the search for a business that they can be proud of in the future and at the same time make good money. Most often, such people do have good skills, but they do not know how to lead at all. Therefore, in order to further move up the career ladder, you need a person to have this skill. In this case, such people will be able to help special courses.

If a person uses all the listed nuances of each group of people, then he will definitely be able to achieve success in the near future.

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