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What really gets you noticed

What really gets you noticed

From the course: Personal Effectiveness Tips

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What really gets you noticed

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- You're working hard, pushing to make progress and move your team and your projects forward, so it's only natural for you to want your colleagues and your boss to understand that. But sometimes they just don't. Maybe you're over-delivering on metrics they don't care about and not putting in as much effort on the things that do matter to them. The reasons vary, but the truth is you do not want to be like the tree falling in the forest. If you're putting in the effort, you want the people around you to get it. Here are three ways to make it far more likely your contribution will be noticed and recognized. First, take a look around you at what behaviors are rewarded in your organization. This varies from company to company, so it's important not to assume or guess, but to really look at who is successful and why. You may discover, for instance, that there's a pattern. People who come into work early are treated like heroes, but the people who stay to work late are hardly acknowledged…

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