One of the bigger lessons I learned during my early days of entry into the Corporate World was the art of trumpeting my achievements. I was recently reminded a few days ago on why this is necessary and how perception ruins can ultimately be the greatest impediment or springboard to ones career growth.
There are a number of people who aren't so subtle when it comes to making their achievements known. I ultimately work with a number of them in my Company. While I certainly feel such things should be a lot more refined in our execution, I hold no judgement to those who engage in this particular practice.
My direct supervisor during one of our regional meetings carried an opinion that I am not firm in my dealings as someone in Compliance department. While this is obviously not the case and I did list a couple of my achievements since I made the move to my new Organization in January, She held onto the simple fact that I did not escalate as much issues as my peers who came into the organization around the same time.
It reminded me of a lesson I have vowed never to forget again:
It is an ultimate reality about the attention economy and how even in areas we might not except we are all vying for attention.
I normally let my performance do a lot of the talking, but I am reminded that being perceived a hard worker from the get-go is a much easier opinion to sustain than been perceived a lazy person.
