From the course: Driving Your Own Engagement at Work

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Talk about your work to get recognized

Talk about your work to get recognized

From the course: Driving Your Own Engagement at Work

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Talk about your work to get recognized

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- The data is loud and clear. Employees who are recognized at work are four times more likely to be engaged, but you might think to yourself, "Well, sure, Jodi, I'd love to be recognized at work, "but I'm not, and I'm disengaged." Here's what I'm going to say to you, again, this is not just on your employer. Does your manager know about the great work that you're doing? Are you keeping people in the loop and up to date on all the amazing contributions you are making? It is your responsibility to get better at talking about the great work that you do. Most of us are not good at it and we attach the word self-promoting to talking about our work, and we have this initial reaction, which is, "Ick. I'm not that person." "I don't want to brag about what I do." "I don't want to come off as a jerk." But here's the truth, if you don't talk about the great work that you're doing, no one's going to know about it. The worst…

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