Strategies for Being Visible by Susan Ritchie

Author:Susan Ritchie [Ritchie, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-78535-473-1
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2019-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

Try this: how can you build relationships with those people you meet? Know what’s going on in the world and have something to say about some of it. Develop some interests outside of work that makes you an interesting person to talk to. Practice your open questioning skills so you can start and maintain a conversation with anyone you meet.

Change your Mindset

One way to feel more comfortable about speaking up is by understanding that it doesn’t always have to be about you. You can raise your profile by sharing the love of others. This is a great way to demonstrate the success that your team has had working with you, showcasing their achievements and how you’ve empowered them to achieve great things. It will also help them to feel amazing about their achievements too.

Many years ago, I was the press officer at the school I worked in. I managed to get us into the local papers on a weekly basis – this was pre-internet. It meant the school got great publicity, the children and parents liked to see us being featured and the staff felt that their work was getting noticed by a wider audience. It also meant that when the paper was looking for an angle for a story, we were their first choice, every time.

On a personal basis, it raised my profile with the governors hugely. This came in useful when I applied to go on an exchange to New York City for four weeks – they knew who I was and associated the school’s high profile locally with me, which worked in my favour and I was given permission to go. They also made a point of thanking me personally for all my contribution to the school’s success.

I’d not shared anything about myself except a few occasions when my class were featured – I’d talked solely about the work of the wider school.

Before my trip, the paper covered a story about me taking part in the exchange, which again raised the profile of the school in the local business community who had organised the trip. A win-win for everyone concerned.

This is an approach that Jo Cox-Brown has used in the past.

“Sharing what you’ve learned is celebrating with your team. People would say ‘oh you’re always in the papers’ and I would say that I’m sharing excellence, and I’m sharing it with the world. I’m just sharing the journey – I think it’s important not to be afraid to do that. It really helps the team; they can say that we were on Songs of Praise, or on the BBC or in the Independent. It’s a thing they can feel pride and excitement in.”

You can be visible and take others with you on that journey.

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