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Glob posted...

This is pretty solid advice. Some people will still call it brown-nosing, but honestly, who gives a fuck?

Its not just about being the most deserving person for a promotion. Its also about being perceived as such.

Exactly. I am a manager now and I have multiple great employees that work under me. The problem is that unless they put effort to show they are interested in being promoted, I won't know. If I have two equally-great employees that put out the same quality work, but one just does their work quietly and goes home, while the other one shows an interest in the company and goes above and beyond, they would seem like the most natural fit for the promotion.

When an employee is brown-nosing, it's usually pretty obvious. They tend to apply these tactics in place of quality work instead of in addition to it. In the above scenario, I will give the promotion to the quiet worker if their output is generally better. But that's also assuming they have the skills that the promoted role requires (i.e. public speaking ability for meeting with stakeholders). That's why continuous professional development for the role you are seeking is super important.

One thing I also forgot to mention is that the interest in these additional projects and initiatives should be genuine. Don't fake your way through this. If you hate everything you have to do to get promoted, you will likely be miserable in the promoted role as it would likely just be more of that with a new title and a pay bump. In that situation, you are better off looking for a job elsewhere for the promotion opportunity.

I got promoted two years ago. My previous boss taught me a phrase: Executive Presence.

It means to put yourself in positions to be noticed by leadership so they think of you when promotion opportunities come up. This doesn't mean brown-nosing. It means not only working hard and putting out a quality product or service, but aligning yourself with the company's mission in such a way that you seem like the natural next supervisor, manager, or lead in your department.

Examples of executive presence includes looking at the dress styles of employees at the next level above you and try to incorporate it into your own style, volunteering for projects where leadership is looking for extra hands, leading specific projects that leadership deems a priority (and get them done), attending workshops, trainings, or conferences that build skills currently being valued by upper management (even better if you can attend the ones upper management go to), building a network within and outside your department of people that can count on you and therefore vouch for you to leadership, and take every opportunity to present something to leadership, whether through a live presentation, an email, or a written report.

The idea behind executive presence is to create an image of yourself that already appears to leadership as the next role up, where you seem like the obvious choice when the time comes.

This looks different for each industry. I work at a university and I did this per my boss's guidance, including upgrading my dress attire, attending the optional-but-open-to-the-public board of directors meetings every month, getting time with the president to pitch an idea I had (even though he didn't implement it, he was impressed that I came up with it), and just generally cooperating with coworkers on projects and tasks beyond my job duties, which ultimately raised my reputation within my immediate area.

gamepimp12 posted...

they definitely had these options the 2020 Olympics why are we lying

I'm basing it off this comment in the article referenced in the OP:

Nike said in an email to Reuters that it was offering athletes unitard options with both a brief and a short for this Olympics, whereas it only offered the brief for the Tokyo Olympics.

A big reason why this is an issue is because they did not have alternative options at the Tokyo games. The alternative options available now are a result of this type of pushback. The fact that, even with more options, this is the outfit they chose to highlight, shows where the focus is being directed.

The pushback is there to advance progress. It's how we have gotten as far as we have. If people stop pushing back because some progress has been made, further progress will continue to stop.

There is nothing wrong with acknowledging small victories while further advocating for additional reform. Pretending that there is no issue here is disingenuous and erases any historical context that applies here.

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Tag, these are great

GuerrillaSoldier posted...

i think the opposite. we should get rid of canon and continuity. talk about stifling creativity.

Ehh, I like at least some semblance of continuity in my stories.

A pet peeve of mine growing up was watching Courage the Cowardly Dog and seeing Eustis constantly getting killed or disfigured in gruesome ways and then coming back next episode like nothing happened.

And then I was introduced to South Park... lol

pegusus123456 posted...

The Good Place

Second this.

I think this is a welcome initiative if it actually goes through (and isn't struck down like the other attempts).

I just hate how in politics you have to wait for election years for any legislation/action of consequence to happen.

It's basically a mini computer.

Is the Z Fold 5 worth an upgrade from the 4? Or should I wait for the 6?

I love my Z Fold 4 and cannot go back to a non-foldable. Having such a big screen on demand has been awesome. It's great for viewing pictures/videos and for taking notes with my stylus. Still holds up well.