Ask Yourself These 5 Essential Questions Before Accepting a Promotion.
Before you put your name forward for the position, ask yourself these five crucial questions to help determine whether you’re ready.
1. Have I sufficiently mastered my current role?
Before you start building the next level, ask yourself whether you are able to carry your current role efficiently, or even better, than your peers. Be sure that you’ve learned all that you can at your level first, and if that’s the case, then you are ready to progress to something bigger and better.
2. Will I be able to take on the demands of this new role?
Perhaps you’ve been taking on additional tasks and responsibilities beyond your job scope at the moment in hopes of preparing for the next step, or your boss has already been giving you small projects to lead because they trust in you and your capabilities. If you’re confident in your abilities to overcome the challenges that come your way, then you’re ready.
3. Will the promotion allow me to progress my career in the direction I want?
Rather than asking whether you are the right fit for the job, with each new role that you take on, it should allow you to take on the responsibilities and learn the skills that you want to propel your career forward. So ask yourself whether this role would be the right move forward.
4. Am I able to manage others?
If you have the right attitude to work out solutions to any problems you encounter, you Can bring out the best in your team.
5. What do I hope to achieve in this new role?
Do you only want a promotion for the pay raise? Then perhaps you should reconsider whether you’re the best candidate for the promotion, if you’re a go-getter with plenty of ideas for how the company can improve its performance and have been actively involved in the organisation, but your current role doesn’t really allow you to make the decisions or impact that you would like to make, then you may just be ready for the next step.
So after asking yourself these questions before accepting a promotion, do you think you’re ready to take that leap forwards and upwards? If so, then we wish you the best of luck!