Saturday, June 7, 2008

Managing Your Promotion

Dear Students,

There are trade-offs and payoffs to every career decision. Moving up is a challenge you must be ready for.

Take stock of the 6 principles Edward Betof and Frederic Harwood suggest in, “Just Promoted ! How to Survive and Thrive in your First 12 Months as a Manager”. (McGraw Hill Inc. New York 1992).

Principle 1: Personal wellness, family health, and work effectiveness are highly interdependent. Understanding how personal/family/and work systems interact will help you better manage the process of moving up.

Principle 2: Major job changes often can trigger major life changes. The impact of these changes is best addressed through careful individual and family reflection, communication, and clarification of personal and family priorities and values.

Principle 3: Managers who are moving up are in a state of transition. The process of transition can be understood and effectively managed by individuals and by families.

Principle 4: Health and well-being in one’s personal, family, and work life affects and is affected by levels of stress and distress.

Principle 5: Mutual understanding, support, fairness, and responsible collaboration within dual-career families are essential for leaders on the rise.

Principle 6: The goal is to achieve a new life balance.

Best of luck in working upwards in your career !

Prof.D.P.Chattopadhyay

(Globsyn Business School)

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