From the course: Recognizing and Rewarding Your Workers
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Recognizing yourself and getting yourself recognized
From the course: Recognizing and Rewarding Your Workers
Recognizing yourself and getting yourself recognized
- "The worst part of success is to try "to find someone who's happy for you." That's Bette Midler, and it's a little cynical, but it's also kind of funny, and true. The search for someone who's happy for you, who recognizes your value, starts with you. It drives self-motivation. Also, it helps to recognize yourself so you can help the people who influence your career, like your boss, recognize and value you, too. To appreciate yourself, you must take the time to recognize, as in notice, specific reasons. The reasons are there, sometimes big, sometimes small. Look for them and keep track. Mohammed was a leader in a footwear IT department. His team managed a constant flow of tech complaints and debugging challenges. No time consider reasons to pat himself on the back. He expected others to notice. But he handled things so smoothly and his boss was so busy, that Mohammed's value was taken for granted. He wasn't the type to…
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