Ways to distinguish yourself – #42 Maintain visiblity

By Rajesh Setty on Wed 19 Oct 2005, 7:20 AM – 1 Comment

Many people have a notion that if they keep doing good work they will

be recognized and rewarded. It MAY happen but it is not an entitlement.

In fact it is an ideal scenario. If it happens it just shows that you

have a “super human” as your boss

I first met Michael Weismann of Fresh Perspectives when I was still the CEO of CIGNEX.

When Micheal heard that I was running a services company, he made some

quick remarks that still resonate well with me. Two things that I can

remember even today:

and here is the bonus

If whatever you do is flawless or spotless, many times rather than

saying “Wow!” people think that the job in itself was very easy. One

option (not desirable) out is to create a “mini-crisis” to attract

attention and clear off the crisis and look like a hero.

The other option (which I think is the right one) is to learn to make

people understand your value and maintain your visibility. It takes

commitment and discipline to craft a strategy to ensure that people see

value in what you are doing. But it is time worth spent thinking and

implementing to maintaining visibility for your work.

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