A surefire method to increase your influence at work

 

Some people clock-in in the morning but fail to be present at work in ways that matter. They believe they are making progress and taking names but their managers keep bypassing them when it’s time for promotions or raises. If this sounds like you, you haven’t probably discovered the one key skill managers and companies are looking for, a skill that not many colleges teach.

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It’s how to discover and provide value, Marc Accetta notes.
The value we’re talking about here isn’t the output you send at the end of the day; otherwise, every entry level worker gets a red carpet to a corner office. It’s the product you provide or the service you perform to fill in particular gaps. It’s the solution you offer for a pain afflicting your company’s processes.

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Say for example, your company possesses a sales department but the sales team’s numbers are in the mud. You take a look and you see that there are no sales enablement processes, no marketing activities putting your company’s name out there. If you have a marketing background or you offer to train the sales team on how to use Salesforce, you’re offering the company something of tremendous value, Marc Accetta explains. When this happens, you become an indispensable player in the office. You’ll be the first person your managers will be looking for as a subject matter expert, the first one they’ll give credit when your project lifts off, and the last one they’ll fire when things get tight. This is how you increase your influence at work.

Marc Accetta’s life-coaching and seminars continually empower people to take the reins of their own lives and become persons of influence in the lives of their loved ones and peers. His signature way of presenting and training which he labels as edutainment delights him to various audiences. Learn more about Marc Accetta’s work here.