How To Get Your Next Promotion

You're striving to be your very best, continually learning, growing and moving forward. When you're ready for the next challenge and opportunity, you need a plan to make it happen. Promotions can be a tricky business. Learning to navigate your organisation, the people and the politics can give you the leverage you need to land that next step up. Learn how to position yourself, who you need to impress and what the managers above you care about. You'll have everything you need to develop a plan of action, ready to execute and land that next role!

About Dan Harper:

Dan strives to help organisations take a “people first” approach in a technical world. Growing a culture where smart, talented people have the space to think creatively and the freedom to make decisions helps companies innovate faster and deliver products that customers love. His 20 year career has included experience in software development, operations, consulting and startups. In recent years Dan has led digital product strategy at News Corp, consulted for software engineering teams at REA Group, and lead the recent DevOps transformation at MYOB.

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1. HOW TO GET YOUR NEXT PROMOTION LEADERSHIP OF AWESOME JUNE 2019 !
2. LEADERSHIP OF AWESOME A community of people-focused leaders who strive to 
 grow, learn, improve and help each other reach our goals.
3. PROMOTION IS NOT REWARD
4. Manager A Manager has a problem with… a team, a project, customers, revenue, costs… and needs someone to solve it! Help! A PROMOTION IS:
5. Day #1 Let’s smash this, whatever it takes! Day #4,723 We’d better not mess this up! REDUCE RISK!
6. REDUCE RISK! BE REPLACEABLE GROW YOUR REPLACEMENT
7. REDUCE RISK! SUCK AT YOUR CURRENT JOB BE GOOD AT YOUR NEXT ONE
8. REDUCE RISK! FORGET KNOWLEDGE BUILD KNOWLEDGE IN OTHERS
9. Dan Dan’s #1 Fan So, the other day I was talking to Dan about so and so… Joe Oh yeah, Dan, he’s awesome! ! ! So, the other day I was talking to Dan about so and so… CREATE A FAN
10. Dan Joe Sarah That Dan guy, he’s pretty awesome aye? ! ! … … … CREATE A FAN Dan’s #1 Fan !
11. Dan Sarah #1 Fan Joe CREATE A FAN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
12. INTERVIEW AND FAIL
13. SETUP YOUR PLAN
14. KNOW YOUR STAKEHOLDERS
15. KNOW YOUR STAKEHOLDERS How do promotion decisions get made? Who are the decision makers? Who gets asked for advice? When are promotions discussed?
16. KNOW YOUR STAKEHOLDERS The Planner The Deliverer The Leader The Controller The Thinker
17. KNOW YOUR STAKEHOLDERS The Planner The Deliverer The Leader The Controller The Thinker Have a career development plan Deliver something valuable Lead people whilst doing it Ask for advice A.B.C.
18. BUILD A CAREER Have a career development plan DEVELOPMENT PLAN
19. FIND A PROJECT Deliver something valuable Lead people whilst doing it
20. DEVELOP A PROPOSAL I’M DOING <X> BY <Y>
 TO DEMONSTRATE <Z>
21. ASK ADVICE Ask for advice
22. A.B.C. ALWAYS BE CLOSING
23. ALWAYS BE CLOSING WILL YOU GIVE ME A PROMOTION? IF I DO <X> BY <Y>
 AND DEMONSTRATE <Z>
24. ALWAYS BE CLOSING SHUT UP! The first person who speaks, loses
25. GROUP TIME! What is your next promotion opportunity? Who are your stakeholders, what do they care about? What projects outside your role can you take 
 initiative on? Role play closing each other!