To Get Ahead in Your Career, Share the Credit, Says Career Coach and Award-Winning Author Tamara S. Raymond
To advance in your profession, you need to outshine others, win top prizes, and exceed expectations.
“In addition to these things, you need to share credit with others to go far in your career,” says career coach Tamara S. Raymond, author of the award-winning book Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career and creator of the newly released course Careering for Youth: The Online Coaching Edition.
“Most people don’t like credit hogs, even if they really do deserve the lion’s share of the credit for a particular achievement,” says Raymond. And, it’s partly because credit hogs are unappreciated that they should make sure to acknowledge others’ contributions”
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“This is about politics, which you must navigate correctly to succeed in the workplace. It’s also about recognizing the real role others may have played in your accomplishments,” Raymond states.
So, when you’re giving that wonderful speech after winning a prize, thank your boss (after all, he or she may have hired you, which gave you the opportunity to do the award-winning work in the first place) and your coworkers (who may not have contributed to the award-winning project, but may be a supportive band of people who keep you positive and on task every day).
“To get ahead at work,” Raymond says, “you may be the brightest shining star, but you don’t have to act like it. Your work will speak for you. Your humility and sharing the stage with colleagues will help you go further in your career than if you hog the limelight. Keep this in mind each day on the job, Raymond says, and make sure to highlight your coworkers’ accomplishments. If you do this, it’ll be another day of doing careering right.”
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