Why you don’t get promoted
It’s the time of the year again, the promotion time; you see those around you and know that they are getting promoted while you are not. Silently, you are wondering why you are not getting promoted like the others. There are millions of reasons why we are not getting promoted as team players, but we are only human; there are things that we don’t know what we don’t know. Here are a few things that I think might be why you are not getting promoted, based on my observation of nine years of career in four different companies.
You may be already overpaid in comparison to your peers
Sometimes when your department is relatively new, there might be a salary gap between one and the other regardless of the same position level. This might be one of the reasons that you cannot be promoted. The management might want to standardize the salary level between the position level; if your pay grade is on the upper-level standard, this might be why.
You are not taking initiatives
There might be a time when your manager needs you to do tasks that are not your expertise. In other words, for you to do the requested task, you need to move outside of your comfort zone to learn the things that you do not understand. A go-getter will go outside their comfort zone and learn and try to get the things done as efficiently as possible. Once you do something outside your comfort zone successfully, your manager will remember. You might as well remember the quote from Ryan Holiday, helping yourself by helping others.
The company is not doing well
As humans, it is just natural to think about ourselves selfishly, our problems and desire. But, in reality, the world doesn’t just revolve around us. You might want to look around the company and see the available data on the KPI and see whether the company is performing okay or not.
You lack emotional intelligence
Being in a leadership position often requires more than the hard skill of getting the job done. Often, you are required to do more stretching on your ability to work with people and solve multiple conflicts between people without sacrificing your deliverables.
You are stuck in the moment and not open to change
One of the constant things in life is changes. As a great leader, you have to receive feedback, continuously learning and embracing change. It would be best if you improve yourself constantly, and in this case, change is the only constant. If you work for a fast-paced, changing environment company, you have to adapt if you want to move forward.
These are just a few examples that I observed during nine years of my career. Remember, successful people, take risks, have a vision, focus on solutions, get things done, go above and beyond, and embrace changes.
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