Appraisals are over and salaries have been revised. But if you’ve been denied a promotion this time around, stop blaming your boss. It might just be you. Yes, we’re serious. Sometimes your own habits are to blame for the promotion you didn’t get. It’s time now to take stock. Check out if it was one of these 10 habits that killed your chance of promotion.
1. Sloppiness: No boss wants an employee who looks like she just woke up from a hangover and walked in the door. Take time to look presentable and fresh for work. It definitely makes a difference.
2. Gossip: It’s fine to stay updated on all the office happenings but carrying gossip around the office is not a professional trait. If your boss knows you gossip too much, he probably thinks you gossip about him too. Obviously you didn’t get that promotion.
3. Overconfidence: It’s good to be confident, but overconfidence is a completely different story. Always bragging about your not-that-great achievements will just make you nothing but the big talker of the bay.
4. Procrastination: Keeping your work pending for several days is a sign that you aren’t capable enough to handle the job. It gives your boss the picture that either you can’t cope with the work pressure or you are just lazy. Another sign that can kill your chances of a promotion.
5. Laziness: If you constantly complain about the work load and never show proactiveness when it comes to taking on responsibility, why on earth did you expect to be promoted?
6. Tardiness: Another sign of you not taking your work seriously is always showing up late to work. If every time you enter, you boss looks at the clock, your tardiness is probably the reason you didn’t get that promotion.
7. Disinterest: We are not saying to jump every time you are given a task but showing disinterest towards new projects can really hinder your growth.
8. Lying: Constantly lying about having done your tasks can actually get you fired, forget about getting promoted.
9. A bad team player: Only few jobs in this world do not require you to mingle with your colleagues. Every other job requires you to be a team player. If you fail at this, you can forget that promotion.
10. Shifting the blame: ‘When you blame others, you give away your power to change.’ This thought by Robert Anthony gives you the exact reason why you should refrain from blaming others for your own actions. This habit will never help you grow in your personal or professional life. Let’s face it, everyone makes mistakes but accepting the consequences is important in order for you to be seen as responsible.
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