Ask yourself what you do or are not doing to add more value than your colleagues? Keep track of your value-add. If you feel you only meet expectations, kick it up a notch and drive yourself to consistently over-achieve expectations. Find ways to be recognized as someone who always goes the extra mile. One way to earn respect and appreciation is to manage deadlines so that you are a day or two early or maybe you are more productive than your peers as you waste no time. You may be really great at extra-curricular sports activities and your organization hasn’t a program in place. Take the lead and develop a productivity increased business case with an offer to implement. Find something nobody is doing that increases the organizations financial or cultural opportunities. If your personal brand is based on truth and truth gets you a promotion, lucky you. In my experience, extraordinary hard and smart work is the key to earning next career steps.
