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To get ahead, higher-ups must know how good you are. How do you do that without press releases?
Career coach Kate Wendleton recommends having a one-sentence message ready. For example, when your boss's boss sees you in the elevator and asks, "How are you, Sam?" don't reply with the usual, "Fine Ms. Moneybags. How are you?" Instead try, "Great. I just closed a deal with Astrogel." As writer Angela Durden says, when you work hard without promoting yourself, "it's like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you're doing, but no one else does."
What You Could Do Today
What's your coolest recent accomplishment? Summarize it in a sentence. Next time a big enchilada asks how you are, lay that sentence on him or her.
