Concepts to Remember

1. Practice shameless self-promotion.

2. Create a positive (and accurate) visibility plan for your career.

3. Know what you fear and why, then make a choice on how you want to deal with it.

4. Understand your own risk aversion and make it work for you.

5. Work on your self-confidence.

6. Get organized.

7. Keep track of your accomplishments.

8. Read, learn, and grow.

9. Speak up at meetings.

10. Write a meaningful, unsolicited report.

11. Develop allies in other departments.

12. Observe role models, and learn.

13. Help others with their visibility.

14. Volunteer for committees and task forces at work.

15. Join outside professional or industry groups, and participate in committee work.

16. Write articles.

17. Arrange for speaking engagements with groups that are interested in what you know.

18. Become a board member of a for-profit or not-for-profit organization.

19. Make commitments and keep those commitments.

20. Be reliable, honest, respectful, optimistic, professional, and resourceful.

21. User attraction