PROMOTE! is not about waiting around for a pat on the back.
PROMOTE! is a very quick read and life changing. PROMOTE! is written for the new hire as well as the career veteran. What follows is taken from Rick Gillis’ introduction and may best explain what you can expect from PROMOTE!
“As I was writing PROMOTE! I got to thinking about how much more I might have achieved in my corporate commercial real estate career had I recognized at the time that professionally I was at the mercy of my supervisors. To be candid, I did pretty well, but I now wonder what else I could have accomplished had I known the concepts and methods you will shortly be learning. Looking back I know I missed opportunities by not being prepared to speak up on my own behalf.
“PROMOTE! is insight gained from coaching as well as personal experience. The concept is simple: Learn how to professionally promote yourself and all that you do for your organization to those to whom you are professionally at the mercy of.
“What I am communicating is your taking advantage of those opportunities that I personally missed as a young man. I want you to speak up for yourself. Inform your employers that you truly do deserve the raise, the promotion and the opportunity to be all that you are capable of. It is your professional responsibility to yourself, as well as to your loved ones, to achieve all you can in the time you have allotted to you in this life."
