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How to Get a Promotion without Sleeping with the Boss!

First of all, where’s the fun if you can’t sleep with the boss, right? Well, if they look like Joan Rivers who hasn’t had plastic surgery for fifty years then it’s probably not an option.

“I slept with my first manager at the age of 18, I never got a promotion but I did get a raise!” Excerpt from Ben’s brand new book, “Sleeping Your Way to the Top in Business,”

First of all, where’s the fun if you can’t sleep with the boss, right? Well, if they look like Joan Rivers who hasn’t had plastic surgery for fifty years then it’s probably not an option. In a tough job market you’ve got to pull out all of the stops to ensure that your job is safe and you’re moving up the later and not down it. To help here’s my tips on how to get a promotion and secure your job in troubled times.

1.    Be Good at What You Do! – Are you shitting me? As if you didn’t know this was going to be the first tip! This goes without saying. Master your craft and make sure everyone around you is aware of the effort you’re putting in. Continually take courses and workshops to up-skill. If anyone’s going to go it’s not going to be the one with the most experience and the ability to bring business in the door.

2.    Look the Part - 55% of all communication is visual. If you fell down the ugly tree, hit every branch on the way down and then was bashed with the ugly stick you’re in trouble. It doesn’t matter who you are and what you look like, you always need to make an effort. If you want a promotion dress like the role is already yours. Here’s a few tips;

• Dress like you know what year it is and what industry you work in.
• Wear tailored clothing. Ill-fitting clothing leaves the impression you’re messy and out of order.
• Keep your clothes up to date. If you’re a marketing consultant you will want to be seen as current and ahead of the trends. Out of date clothing will subconsciously give the impression you’re out of the touch.
• Be the best or at minimum the second best dressed person in your environment. Your objective is to stand out for all of the right reasons, this being one of them.
• Girls, did you know that you’re four times more likely to get a promotion if you wear makeup? It’s true. Just don’t plaster it on like Krusty the Clown or you may get a promotion as a kids party clown.

3.    Engage Your Team Members – Getting a promotion is nothing more than a popularity game. Play the game to win. Engage and influence those that have a say in your career progression. Actively find out what you need to do to advance your career and express your interest directly to the decision makers. Ask lots of questions to find the best possible root (oops, I mean route!) to moving forward. No one got fired for asking a question (actually they probably did and it was almost certainly a really dumb question).

What about you? What are your tips to getting a promotion without having to sleep with the boss? Leave your comments below.

Actually, have you slept with the boss? If you have send those in too! They always make for great reading.


Ben’s book “Sleeping Your Way to The Top in Business” is available for purchase by clicking here. For media, consulting and speaking enquiries contact Ben directly at ben@benangel.com.au

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