In today's world, we're surrounded by folks who seem to have larger than life amounts of self confidence. Everyone thinks their own lives are so interesting that they need a reality show. If you flipped the channel you can see that we seems to be watching them in heaps. I'm personally shocked that we don't filter more of it, but what can you do! We love our grumpy cats, our dancing cats...we love people falling awkwardly on their funniest videos.
With all that said, why do we have a hard time tooting our own horns in the work place! I have fallen into that trap over the years. We believe that a job well done should be rewarded. But more times than not, our managers see a job well done as an opportunity to give more work. Let's face it, these days big companies are pushing more responsibilities on fewer folks. It's important that we as leaders learn how to toot our horns. More importantly, don't be afraid to publicize the efforts of your team members. You will be rewarded not only personally but also as a team! Upper management is dying for positive stories and opportunities to acknowledge their people!
So do yourself a favor, take some time each week to find places to promote your people and even yourself! Take control of your success and it will start by highlighting the great things YOU and YOUR people do!
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