Comments on: The importance of self-promotion in your career http://www.cruseit.com/2009/08/the-importance-of-self-promotion-in-your-career/ views on the information technology industry, management, & life Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael Cruse http://www.cruseit.com/2009/08/the-importance-of-self-promotion-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-11324 Michael Cruse Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:40:35 +0000 http://www.cruseit.com/?p=1442#comment-11324 Hi Simon, I totally agree with the idea about the leader getting the credit or blame for project results. No matter how much credit I try to give away for a successful project, it come back to me 10 fold. The same goes for the blame. I think a lot of young managers forget this point. When they make excuses for failures, they really are doing themselves a dis-service. It makes them look weaker then they would have otherwise. I love the 10% analogy, it drives right to the point. Hi Simon,

I totally agree with the idea about the leader getting the credit or blame for project results. No matter how much credit I try to give away for a successful project, it come back to me 10 fold. The same goes for the blame.

I think a lot of young managers forget this point. When they make excuses for failures, they really are doing themselves a dis-service. It makes them look weaker then they would have otherwise.

I love the 10% analogy, it drives right to the point.

]]> By: Simon Stapleton http://www.cruseit.com/2009/08/the-importance-of-self-promotion-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-11284 Simon Stapleton Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:45:37 +0000 http://www.cruseit.com/?p=1442#comment-11284 Hi Michael - great post! Great story too, and one I recognize. A lesson I learnt is that, as a leader, we are given credit for the results of the work of followers. Credit, of course, can work both ways... positive and negative. Once we realize this, it can open up all sorts of opportunities for leadership. A wise leader of mine taught me about '10% credit' - wherever we support people to achieve results, we're naturally given 10% credit (it's an arbritray number, but suggests a significant portion). Many 10% add up to a lot, so if we inspire and lead people to achieve many great things, then the credit we receive is also great. .-= Simon Stapleton´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/7-keys-to-describe-your-achievements/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=">7 Keys To Describe Your Achievements</a> =-. Hi Michael – great post! Great story too, and one I recognize. A lesson I learnt is that, as a leader, we are given credit for the results of the work of followers. Credit, of course, can work both ways… positive and negative. Once we realize this, it can open up all sorts of opportunities for leadership.

A wise leader of mine taught me about ’10% credit’ – wherever we support people to achieve results, we’re naturally given 10% credit (it’s an arbritray number, but suggests a significant portion). Many 10% add up to a lot, so if we inspire and lead people to achieve many great things, then the credit we receive is also great.
.-= Simon Stapleton´s last blog ..7 Keys To Describe Your Achievements =-.

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