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Modern Mentor

Get the recognition you deserve at year-end

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3720 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

So how’s your performance been this year? Or more importantly, how does your boss think your performance has been this year?

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor.

0:21.9

I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, a firm specializing in retaining, engaging, and developing talent.

0:27.9

And today, we are going to talk about your talent, and specifically why and how you've got to be talking up your amazingness, especially at this time of year.

0:38.3

We're living in a fast-paced 24-hour news cycle. We are overwhelmed by headlines every day.

0:44.8

So it never fails to amaze me how much time we collectively spend marveling over the weather

0:50.6

and the passage of time. So let me be a cliche and say, I cannot believe we are in

0:57.1

the final quarter of 2022. But here we are, and we are barreling toward year end. You know,

1:04.2

different organizations operate on different fiscal calendars, but most in my experience tend to use

1:10.2

January through December to track the

1:12.1

performance cycle, as in it's likely your year-end performance review on the not-so-distant

1:17.9

horizon.

1:18.9

So how's your performance been this year?

1:22.5

Or more importantly, how does your boss think your performance has been this year?

1:27.2

Because love it or hate it, and yes,

1:29.5

it really is okay to hate it. More than your actual performance, it's your company's perception

1:34.8

of your performance that really matters. This is what influences your compensation,

1:39.9

your potential for promotion, your nomination to lead that project, all the things. You want to be

1:45.8

recognized and appreciated for the great stuff you've done, but also, you don't want to be a bragger,

1:51.7

because as one of my kids likes to say, no one wants to sit with a bragger at lunch. It's about

1:57.4

striking a balance. And so here are some tips for how to get recognized when it counts the most.

2:03.8

First, own your role as an educator. I have talked to so many people this year who have left or are considering leaving jobs because they're not feeling appreciated or seen for the hard work they've done.

2:16.6

Feeling invisible or taken for granted at work is,

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