It’s worth noting the following before reading this post:
- The opinions are my own and its reasonable to assume they won’t work in every scenario
- Most of the advice is built from office (four walls, not Microsoft) based experience
- Its turned out longer than I would have liked it to be
- Most of the points are of a philosophical nature so they’re open to opinion and scrutiny. I therefore invite feedback, but ask its at least semi polite
Running businesses of my own and working with others has afforded me opportunities to meet a diverse cross section of personas. I’ve met overly qualified checkout assistants, entrepreneurial thinkers in jobs which are a means to bigger things and those which seemed to have had it all too smooth. However, one question remains paramount in almost all minds that I’ve met: what is the secret to career progression?
Traditional thinking will have it if you work hard then you will ultimately reach your goals, but is sheer hard graft really enough? On the other hand, most work places have those which seem to sail up the ranks with little effort except the proverbial wink and a smile. To answer this I can only comment on my own experience and what has produced a relative amount of success so far for me.
