As a leader, it’s not just about doing your job well in isolation. You need to understand your subordinates’ strengths to utilize them effectively, which requires knowing your employees well. Therefore, good interpersonal relationships are essential, reflecting your communication skills. That means when selecting a corporate leader, the boss looks not only at their actual work achievements but also at their interpersonal relationships, or their influence within the company. Those with good interpersonal skills, who can garner more support, have a better chance at promotion. However, good interpersonal relationships do not mean forming cliques; too much or too direct support might give the boss the impression of power showboating, which could backfire. Additionally, a normally functioning company cannot simply create a leadership position out of thin air. Therefore, to get a promotion, you must seize the opportunity when a position becomes vacant. The boss will consider promoting from within the company or hiring externally, involving multiple considerations to select the best candidate. At this time, you might already be in the boss’s consideration, or perhaps the boss has not even thought of you. In this case, you need to act based on the boss’s personality, in an appropriate setting, actively volunteer, or express your readiness and confidence in taking on the role. Don’t wait for the boss to think of you on their own, nor should you feel it’s too abrupt. Generally, a boss won’t choose someone too shy or introverted to lead the company. Appropriate initiative can make the boss see you as confident and with potential, possibly putting you in the pool of candidates. Even if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t lost anything substantial.
In fact, when you sense potential changes or personnel movements within the company, you should start vying for opportunities, communicating with the boss, or making suggestions to draw attention to yourself, thereby increasing your chances of promotion.
It’s important to note that when you are a candidate for promotion, you must be even more disciplined in your work and conduct because during the evaluation, your every move will be observed by the boss and others, and your competitors might use any mistakes against you. At such a critical moment, even a small mistake could lead to failure.
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