It struck me that one of the challenges about working life is that the people you work with, your boss or colleagues often have no idea what you are doing. In fact there is nothing worse than doing a good or great job or project if no-one knows about it.
Come the end of the year when you are sitting down for your annual review or appraisal, if your manager isn't aware of your list of achievements during the year, or you don't have regular one to one meetings, then how can they make an informed decision when evaluating your performance?
Yet how many people take the time to actively promote their achievements internally? I would suggest very few. But unless you tell people what a great job you have done, then you are in danger of .
I am not advocating being the office braggart who spouts on endlessly about how great they are, but more for people to develop an active plan to mention either casually or more formally by email, e.g. Hi Bob, Just wanted to let you know that the project I have been working on has been completed ahead of schedule and delivered a greater response than anticipated...
If you concentrate on communicating particular highlights and this could be as little as once every 2-3 months then you will help to spread the word in a subtle fashion. I'd be interesting in hear any experiences you may have had on this subject.
