{"id":3660,"date":"2012-02-16T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T09:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/six-signs-of-career-derailment-3660\/"},"modified":"2012-02-16T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T09:59:48","slug":"six-signs-of-career-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/six-signs-of-career-derailment\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Signs of Career Derailment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"byline\"><font face=\"Verdana\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"1\"><span>By<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_body_body_wacCenterStage_wacCenterStage_lblWriterByline\">Barbara Reinhold, Monster Contributing Writer<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><br>\n<p><\/p><\/div><span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_body_body_wacCenterStage_wacCenterStage_lblBody\" class=\"body\"><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">Getting bumped off the track on your way to the top is every high achiever&rsquo;s recurring nightmare. How can you be sure it doesn&rsquo;t happen to you? Research by Michael Lombardo, principal of Lominger Limited, uncovered six indicators of career derailment. If any of them describe you, you&rsquo;ll know what areas you need to work on:<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">1. Disagreements with Higher Management<\/font><\/strong><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">Obviously, this is a no-no, even if your point of view is correct. Those who would rather be right than promoted almost always get their wish.<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">2. Problems with Team Building<\/font><\/strong><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">You need to be good at spotting talent. Building diversity,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>developing talent<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>and helping your people<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>work together effectively<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>are also core capabilities that you can&rsquo;t do without for very long.<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">3. Problems Developing Working Relationships<\/font><\/strong><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">If people don&rsquo;t want to be around you, your career is in trouble.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Bullying, isolation and being out of the loop in various ways all torpedo corporate careers.<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">4. Lack of Follow-Through<\/font><\/strong><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">When you consistently forget to follow up on promises and don&rsquo;t attend to important details, people notice and question the wisdom of handing you anything else to forget.<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">5. Problems Moving from a Technical to a Strategic Level<\/font><\/strong><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">Here&rsquo;s where engineers and other highly technical people can stumble and find themselves unable to go beyond what they know in order to formulate more complex strategies. If you&rsquo;re on your way up the ladder from a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>highly technical role to a more managerial one, be sure to ask your boss for some feedback as to whether your strategic skills need honing.<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">6. Assuming Something Other Than Your Own Hard Work Will Take You Where You Want to Go<\/font><\/strong><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">Being overly dependent on a powerful boss or some other advocate, or even on your natural talent, sometimes causes high-potential people to get a little lazy. &ldquo;I know I&rsquo;ll make VP this spring, because all the important people are on my side,&rdquo; a rising young star once said. Wrong &mdash; he was passed on the inside lane by somebody who had just made a great presentation to the senior VP. The only person who can<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>get you noticed and promoted<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>is you.<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">Anything on that list sound familiar? If not, take a second look or consult a friend. Psychologists tell us that self-evaluation is a terrible indicator of performance. To be on the safe side, ask somebody who knows you well (and will tell you the truth) to have a look at the list and give you some objective feedback.<\/font><\/p><br>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">When it comes to keeping your career on track, what you don&rsquo;t know about yourself could definitely hurt you.<\/font><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Barbara Reinhold, Monster Contributing Writer Getting bumped off the track on your way to the top is every high achiever&rsquo;s recurring nightmare. How can you be sure it doesn&rsquo;t happen to you? Research by Michael Lombardo, principal of Lominger Limited, uncovered six indicators of career derailment. If any of them describe you, you&rsquo;ll know what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/six-signs-of-career-derailment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six Signs of Career Derailment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-management"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.co.th\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}