Positioning yourself for promotion and mastering career advancement - with Porschia Parker-Griffin of Fly High Coaching

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#186: Porschia Parker-Griffin is a Professional Certified Coach, a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Master Practitioner, and a director and business consultant. She explains how to actively position yourself for a promotion, how you can demonstrate that you should be promoted, and what to do if you’re passed over for promotion.

What you’ll learn

• [1:37] Why so many people can increase their salaries.
• [2:30] How Porschia got involved in coaching business professionals.
• [4:32] What getting a promotion is really about.
• [5:23] How taking on more responsibilities can lead to a promotion.
• [8:37] How to make yourself stand out without doing overtime.
• [10:56] What motivates people to want a promotion.
• [12:45] How to know when a promotion isn’t the right thing for you.
• [15:24] The skills you need to get promoted regardless of your industry.
• [17:40] The importance of developing leadership skills.
• [19:50] How to communicate well in a workplace.
• [21:55] Getting promoted by changing jobs.
• [24:25] How to actively position yourself for a promotion.
• [26:40] What to consider if you’re seeking a promotion.
• [28:41] Ways to demonstrate that you should be promoted.
• [34:05] How to avoid being given busy work that won’t lead to recognition.
• [35:39] How to figure out which tasks lead to promotion.
• [36:46] How to decline doing a task that your boss has given you.
• [38:15] Constructive ways to respond to being overlooked for a promotion.

Resources mentioned in this episode
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• What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Marshall Goldsmith
• Career 101 Podcast

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:
https://changeworklife.com/positioning-yourself-for-promotion-and-mastering-career-advancement/

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