Ten commandments to make your self visible

Ten Commandments to make yourself VISIBLE

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The Ten Commandments for Getting Visible


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Improving your visibility is a lot like playing chess.
You develop a strategy and make your moves,
always working toward the goal of attracting
positive attention to the job you do,
the skills you possess,
and your ability to connect with others.
Don’t be the “Lone Ranger" who believes that
he or she does not need anyone


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• You may like to think of yourself as being in charge of your own destiny, which
however, is not always the case.
• You, like everyone else in business, are influenced by other people.
You, in turn, influence a host of others.
• Ignoring this symbiotic web in the business world can seriously undermine your
career.
• Far too many careers have derailed because people did not connect with the right
people.
• The decision makers simply were not aware of who they were and what they had to
offer.
• They did not have the support of their colleagues, who were also a potential source of
career leads.

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Improve
Visibility.

Nurture your Relationship with your BOSS

Just

Don’t get Pigeon Holed

Follow

Bond with people outside your network

The

Become a CHEER Leader for Others

Following
Ten
Steps

Build your REPUTATION as an ASTUTE Team Player.

Show Case your Interests


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Hone your Social Graces

Connect with people on a deeper level

Invest in the PERSONAL Touch


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Build Rapport

• Building

rapport will improve your visibility within your company and

in your professional circle.
• Visibility is even more important today than in the past, given the
fact that corporations have become highly team-focused.
• The sales team, the marketing team, the engineering team, the
product development team—people are viewed in groups that work
collectively toward a common goal.

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Result, individual efforts may not be recognized initially.
• You certainly do not want to come out and say, “I did all that! I am
responsible for the team’s work!”
• This is not in the corporate value system today.
• The only way to get credit for your role on a team is to improve your
team’s visibility, nurture relationships and position yourself as a
leader.
• Then you’ll become more closely associated with the success of the
project


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Nurture your REALTIONSHIP with your BOSS

• Improving your visibility starts with your boss.
• While you may assume that your boss knows what you are doing, this
may not be the case.
• Keep your boss up to date with a monthly e-mail regarding the projects
you are working on, the tasks you have completed, even ideas and
suggestions.

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• Do not worry if your boss ultimately takes credit for the success of the
team project.
• In the corporate world, one of the unwritten rules of success is making
your boss look good.
• To do this, you have to be willing to share or even give up the credit.


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• When your efforts reflect well on your boss, everybody benefits.
• If you do not particularly like or trust your boss, this becomes more
difficult.
• Overall, it is hard to increase your visibility without working with your
boss.
• If you try to jump too many levels to increase your exposure, it may
work against you.


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• Others may perceive that you do not respect the system or that you
are not a team player.
• Take time to nurture your relationship with your boss. When was
the last time that you invited him or her to lunch?
• Or are you stuck in entitlement attitude, expecting your boss to take
the initiative?
• No matter how talented you are, you cannot do it alone. Do not make
your boss your enemy; make your boss your ally.

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Don’t Get Pigeon Holed

• Increasing

your visibility strategically can earn you a higher profile

within the company or business arena in which you operate.
• It also will help to prevent you from getting pigeonholed in a job.
• Often it is not some failure or lack of skill that traps you in a particular
job; rather, it is because you are so good at doing a specific set of
tasks or functions.

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• Thus, your boss, perhaps even colleagues do not want to lose the
security of having you in that position.
• The detriment to you, however, is that over time you may be perceived
as having limited skills.
• Create a relationship in which your boss is completely committed to
your growth.
• Offer to give away your expertise whenever you have a chance.
• In this way, you are adding value beyond your role and it will be
appreciated.

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Bond with people outside your network

• All too often people miss opportunities to bond with others outside
their own limited circle.
For example, many technical people tend to stay within their own team
and do not show up for corporate functions.
They fail to see these social occasions as a chance to connect with
others in the company.
Additionally when they go to a meeting, they see themselves as
gathering information. They are not there to socialize.

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• Another example is the new employee who immediately puts up a
fence around himself or herself.
• Such employees are so focused on proving themselves first that they
fail to establish important relationships and connections within the
company.
• Others may get caught up in the “my department” syndrome and never
venture out of their tight-knit corporate communities.
• And there are others who believe in keeping a distance between the
business and personal aspects of their lives and in so doing isolate
themselves from nearly everyone.

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Show Case Your Interests
• Increasing

your visibility to showcase your interests will require you to

expand your professional circle.
• Social events sponsored by your company are an excellent way to
get to know people from a number of different departments.
• Become a member of the company softball team.
• Volunteer for the party-planning committee.
• Get involved with a corporate charity event.
• If there’s a new initiative at the company, explore how you can
contribute.

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• If

these endeavors seem intimidating at first or require too much of

a time commitment, there are smaller ways in which you can widen
your circle.
• Speak to people in the hallways.
• Go to lunch with colleagues, acquaintances from other departments.
• Seek opportunities to ask for advice.
• Invest time visiting another department to see how it is run.
• Ask questions, and show that you are interested.

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Hone Your Social Graces

• When you go to work, do not leave your social graces at home.
• Saying “Hello” and “Good morning,” having a pleasant demeanor, and engaging
in light small talk are important skills—regardless of your profession or career level.
• Even if this kind of “schmoozing” is not what you are used to, remember it is as
important as any skill set in an office or business environment.
• When you go to a meeting, do not begin with your own agenda the minute you sit
down. Certainly be prepared with a list of topics that you want to address, but do
not try to talk over the chitchat that precedes many meetings.

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• When you arrive at the meeting, if your colleagues are discussing someone’s new
baby, you had better listen politely and seem interested.
• If you try to cut them off, you will not be heralded as being ultra professional. Rather,
they will think unkindly of you.
• As simple as this may sound, many people are resistant to the idea of being more
social at work, thinking: “I spend enough time with them from nine to five.
• Why do I need to associate with them outside of business hours?”
• This may be true. While they may not be your best friends or closest confidantes,
the fact that you share a business environment ought to be reason enough to build a
better rapport with them.

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Beware
The person you are snubbing today
may be the decision maker on your next project
tomorrow.


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Connect with PEOPLE on a DEEPER Level
• One common faux pas—and the biggest lost opportunity—occur when a large
group is gathered for a meeting or a presentation.
• As soon as there is a break, what happens?
• Everybody gets on their cell phones, Blackberry’s, or becomes otherwise
absorbed in their own little worlds.
• Rarely do people look around the room at the others who are in attendance, people
with whom they have an instant connection because they are at the same event—and
strike up a conversation.
The chance for rapport is lost, the opportunity to connect is never pursued.

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• Typically,

sales representatives understand the importance of people

skills because their business is based on relationships.
• They may have the best product in the world, but unless it is the only
one of its kind, they will have competition.
• The highest-performing sales reps have figured out that customer
loyalty is always built with rapport and nurturing relationships.


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Invest In PERSONAL Touch
• Keep an up-to-date database of your contacts.
• Know what’s going on with them. Remember their birthdays.
• E-mail them articles that relate to their special interests. Send them personal,
handwritten notes on occasion. A handwritten note conveys how important someone
is far more than a dashed off e-mail.
• In other words, invest the time and effort to develop these contacts into relationships
and friendships. At all times, use your discretion.
• Not every contact will want to develop a friendship with you. Your network is as much
about you helping someone else as it is about someone helping you.

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Become a CHEER Leader for OTHERS

• If you are a lone gun, it is all about the competition—and winning.
• You are driven to excel, to succeed, and to be noticed.
• You may bring a vital energy into a group and have no difficulty
expressing an opinion or an idea.
• In the extreme, you may be like a “bulldozer” that pushes everything
and everybody else out of the way.


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• Although you believe that your ideas are the right ones that work, solicit
feedback from others.
• Get them to see that you are interested in their opinions, focus on
becoming more inclusive in your leadership style and draw out the
contributions of everyone.
• Go out of your way to recognize your colleagues.
• Recognition honors others and contributes to a happy environment.
And it is often reciprocated in time.

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Be An ASTUTE Team PLAYER

• Building a reputation as being a team player creates win-win relationships.
• Focus on being cooperative and sympathetic and assume the role of a peacemaker
in a group in which there is heated debate or disagreement.
• When you are working in teams, use your skills at setting up relationships with others.
This is not to suggest that you sacrifice your own needs.
It just means that you have the sensitivity gene to know that your success today is
best showcased when you are demonstrating a collaborative communication style.


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Visibility is critical to your success
and improving your visibility
is a lot like playing chess.
Choose the right strategies and
you’ll be the beneficiary of true success
and personal satisfaction.


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We appreciate your Time, Effort and Consideration

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