Promotion

Promotion, in general, gives a lot of good feelings. Everyone seems to be talking about job promotion in my workplace. It is fine to look for promotion - it's just that by mistake, some of them thought that I'm keen to get a consultant post in another hospital.

 

I couldn't help laughing the first time I heard the rumour. And I think I'm going to smile and even chuckle the next time I was asked the same question.

A while back, by chance, I was reading an enlightening story about promotion. That's about someone who gets promotion in your office. That one isn't a personal friend, but you do know her. What do you think you'll say to her the first thing when you see her?

"Congratulations."

Yeah, nobody will disagree. And what next? Some of you will say, "You deserved it."

That makes sense, too. But I was told that this answer isn't the right way to get connected with people. "You deserved it" won't engage people simply because it isn't a statement from the perspective of the person being promoted. It's from your own perspective and literally means "I think that you deserved it."

Too often we are saying the same words from our perspective when we hear the news our friends get promoted. Instead of saying "I think that...," I was taught, we should have responded in a better way, "What does it mean for you?" In short, the response should be about her - not about you. And it would make us more aware of what our friend thinks and feels.

I don't really know who will get promoted, but will watch out for the amazing opportunity to practice the way to get connected with others.