10X2=Promoted! Enhances Chances for Advancement

This concludes our series outlining how the 10X2 philosophy helps you get better assignments

Terry understood the power of combining good connections with good performance. He always performed his duties with excellence and efficiency. He also made friends quickly and formed lasting relationships with colleagues and others. Unlike many people in business, he maintained relations with colleagues through regular lunches, going to cultural events, emails, and phone calls. His performance and relationships combined to generate seven promotions in 28 years.

Connect with 10 People a Month

Let’s summarize how connecting with 10 people enhances your chance for advancement. Connecting with 10 people gives you the opportunity to:

• Learn valuable information and improve the skills to do your job better
• Seek additional assistance from people who can hasten your work along
• Serve other people and help them to achieve their goals or resolve their problems
• Increase your visibility and competence for team or other work assignments
• Discover the written and unwritten rules of the organization and abide by them
• Identify the culture within the corporation or industry trends outside the company
• Relax and get out of the mainstream to refresh mind and body with others
• Just because affiliating with others can be therapeutic and invigorating

Share 10 Value Statements a Year

You increase management’s respect for you when you quietly share value statements. Well crafted value statements help clarify your contributions to the work. The statements communicate the value you have added to your job, your work team, or your organization.

They establish a perceived return on investment, especially when you include details of how you

• Increased revenues or sales
• Improved the amount of units produced or service given
• Decreased the costs required to accomplish the same desired results
• Acquired new skills or talents that make you more eligible for additional duties
• Calmed and retained a dissatisfied or irate, but valuable, client
• Enhanced the quality of your work
• Mentored a co-worker to perform better and increase productivity

Consequently, they notice you and your value, and consider you for better assignments

Monday we review some interesting facts relating to today’s workplace economics