{"id":870,"date":"2008-05-25T08:55:49","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T13:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/25\/want-to-get-promoted-easy-time-management-tips-to-the-rescue\/"},"modified":"2008-05-25T08:55:49","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T13:55:49","slug":"want-to-get-promoted-easy-time-management-tips-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Want To Get Promoted? Easy Time Management Tips To The Rescue!"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Michael Adams<\/div>\n

Sometimes career advancement is a simple matter of a small amount of extra efficiency and productivity at work.<\/p>\n

This can be achieved by adopting a few simple time management techniques that will have a positive and tangible effect on how you work and the results you achieve. Rather the work for weeks, months or even years for that next promotion, consider these simple suggestions that will help get you noticed.<\/p>\n

1. Clean up the clutter around your workspace. If you work in a cluttered office with papers and files everywhere, people are going to notice. Your boss is going to notice too. Think about this for a moment. If you had the opportunity to give one of your two employees a raise and a promotion, who would you pick? The neat, productive guy or the messy productive guy?<\/p>\n

Rather than wait any longer, just clean up your messy desk and office. You’ll see two good things happen when you do. First, your productivity and efficiency will go up because you’re no longer having to dig through a messy workspace just to find your important documents. Second, your boss and everyone else will notice your nice and clean office the next time they come by. Your now clean office is a good conversation started, especially as you talk<\/a> to your boss about wanting to be promoted. Don’t wait any longer, just do it and you’ll be happy you did.<\/p>\n

2. A supportive physical environment is best. So often people forget about the quote from Bucky Fuller “Environment is stronger than willpower”. It’s true so why not use your environment to your advantage? Try this simple process. Pick five different things that occupy space in your office. For each of the 5 different things, ask the question “Does this ‘thing’ support my productivity goals or does it hinder my productivity goals?”. When you answer that question honestly about each of the things you pick, you’ll be taking the first step towards improving your chances of getting promoted.<\/p>\n

When you tell yourself the truth<\/a>, you’ll see what you should do with each object. You want to eliminate any object in your environment that does not clearly support your time management and efficiency goals. You should listen to your own answers and follow through. You only want objects in your office which support your goals, nothing else. So right now bite the bullet and get rid of any “non-supportive” objects in your environment and you’ll immediately feel the difference.<\/p>\n

Having more energy and better productivity are two key elements your boss will look for as promotion time draws near.<\/p>\n

3. Handle emails, calls, and request efficiently. So much communication happens all day at the office and it’s easy to get buried and let things like email pile up in your inbox. You can improve your chances for promotion if you respond quickly and efficiently to any and all emails, phone messages and conversations.<\/p>\n

When it comes to emails, it’s easier to say “don’t let your inbox fill up” than it is to actually find the time to process all your messages. That’s life so get over it. Take a few minutes and figure out a system that will separate emails from your boss, your coworkers and your friends into separate categories. Answer the emails from your boss first with brief and intelligent replies that show you are on top of things, and that you are following through on your commitments.<\/p>\n

After you handle the emails from your boss, go ahead and answer the emails to your peers or other employees at your level. Use the same efficient and effective language you use with your boss and don’t worry if these people wonder why you always answer the boss first. That’s the way it supposed to be done and when it is time for your boss to give a promotion, he will see you as the person who communicates well and good communication is critical in the work place.<\/p>\n

One more thing, about the emails you get from your friends. If you don’t have a personal email address where they can email, get one fast. You don’t want to be distracted at work by unnecessary “joke emails” from friends. Beside, with email security issues and the fact that employers will look into all your email, you really don’t want odd events of your personal life to be stored on company email servers.<\/p>\n

These simple steps may seem “too easy”, but don’t let that stop you. When you start doing them, you and everyone else, including the boss, will see an improvement in your work and how you get things done. It will be clear and obvious that you are ready for more responsibility and a promotion. Get to work right now and you’ll be surprised at how fast things change for you.<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
For more strategies on time management, be sure you check out Michael Adams’ exclusive free expert guide on tips for managing your time and multi-million dollar projects.<\/a> Visit us at www.smart-time-management.com.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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