Get a promotion

Sounds like it would be great…However, I love my job, I like where I work at and I feel fulfilled. With the way things are in the economy, I feel like I should be happy that I have a job and that it is a job that I enjoy.

Promotions are great, but I am not sure if now is the right time to be focused on this…Maybe I just need to keep trying my best to be a good employee not just to get a promotion.

currently working on this in all 3 jobs I have

I didn’t get a promotion, but I did get a .48 cent raise. I know it isn’t a lot, but hey… at least I still have my job (a good one, too!) when a lot of people aren’t even working. To get a raise is a blessing (and lots of hardwork!).

Things are not looking good for the company so shooting for it this year may be a stretch—not getting laid off might be more realistic. Still I want to have something to shoot for and want to earn it even if it doesn’t come my way.

work hard on multiple project and get Grade 5 by June/Dec cycle.

Talk to boss accordingly and make sure things work out.

Ive been working at my job for a little over a month I work 40+ hours a week and make 10 dollars an hour. If I come to work everyday and work my hardest for three months I can get a promotion so here is my goal.

Be promoted to Procurement Manager in January 2009

So I got my promotion as of October 1. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to come with a raise? I guess I should be careful what I wish for. I am very excited about the promotion though, I was given three new destinations and a lot more responsibility. Maybe the raise will follow.. :) Regardles, it was worth it!

Finished the first draft and propose to meet with leader next Tuesday. Hopefully by next Friday I can have some concrete things to show to my boss.

For the first time I realize that tools are actually useful to help with a project.

Looking at current one I am working on, the project has a good aim but just feel that it is not executed fully.

From a tool perspective: first step leading change we are doing fine. Agreed on what’s in scope and what’s out (maybe should extend to 09 since it’s already mid of 08). We know what’s critical for our success (vendor, support, funding, time, etc). Roles & responsibility of the team fully understood.

Step 2 building a shared need is where we are lacking of. No specific program goals articulated. We haven’t identified individual stakeholder needs and level of commitment (maybe the leader has done in his head but I didn’t see his followup action in addition to talking to a list of people).

Step 3 creating a vision although we have a vision statement, we didn’t translate it to simple elevator speech and no communication plan followed!

Step 4 mobilizing commitment again we only have a simple communication plan with team and steering committee but not with all stakeholders. We do have a fully functional team structure though.

Step 5 changing systems/structures we never identified key systems/strucutre changes when needed.

Step 6 monitoring progress. Yes we do have a high level program plan. We don’t have more detailed workstream plans with workstream leaders. Draft metrics for program tracking and PMO accountability are not well identified.

In summary, I didn’t do a good change management job for the project! I need to think it through one more time and have a conversation with the project leader.