Reach Out: The Simple Strategy You Need to Expand Your Network and Increase Your Influence by Molly Beck & Molly Beck

Author:Molly Beck & Molly Beck [Beck, Molly]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2017-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

REACHING OUT TO GET PROMOTED OR TO GET MORE RESPONSIBILITY AT YOUR CURRENT COMPANY

Reaching Out can also help advance your career at your current job. To do this, you’ll need your colleagues to be aware of who you are, what you’re working on, and what you’re good at. By staying on the radar of as many coworkers as possible via Reaching Out, you are more likely to be considered for special projects and to be seen as an expert by other departments, both of which can lead to a formal promotion or raise.

• Re-RO: Is there someone you worked with on a project a few quarters ago but have lost touch with? Send a note (maybe with an inside joke or funny memory from the project) and ask what the person is working on these days that you could help with.

• Follow-Up RO: Sit next to someone new at a meeting? Introduce yourself and ask about the person’s role. It should be easy to find contact info in the company email system, so follow up with a note and an article related to the meeting to continue the conversation or ask the person to join you for lunch in the cafeteria or coffee at the place around the corner. (I usually think asking someone for an in-person meeting is a bit much for an initial Reach Out, but since you work in the same building and are employed by the same company, it’s OK here.)

• Borrowed Connection RO: When your boss says, “Do you know Monique in finance?” respond with a simple, “No, not yet, but I’d love to meet her and hear her thoughts on X. Could you introduce us?” Showing this kind of initiative will impress your boss and coworkers while also allowing you to meet new contacts at work. Both the Follow-Up RO and the Borrowed Connection RO can be key to finding a sponsor, internal mentor, or new work BFF.

• Cool RO: Working at a huge company with an interoffice directory is great when it comes to the Cool RO. Think strategically about other groups you’d love to partner with on projects or internal people you’d love to work for someday. Send your Targets a message with a genuine compliment on their team’s work and an article they might find interesting. Then, if they work in your office location, ask if they have time to tell you more about their role in hopes of finding some synergies (office speak!) between your two groups. Show up to the meeting with questions about their work and some ideas in your head of how your two groups could work together (and maybe some doughnuts or other treats), and you’re on your way to making a stronger connection with colleagues as well as raising your workplace profile and influence. Feel free to invite another member of your team along as well for maximum brainstorming.

Looking for another way to use networking to get ahead at your current role? Be open and generous about connecting coworkers to those in your network outside of the company.

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