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Empowerment Tip
Develop and Publicize New Skills

An important survival tactic in today's workplace is to continually develop job-related skills. Developing such skills pays a double dividend if you let others know of your new prowess. You will also come across to others as being self?confident. The reason is that most people realize it takes courage and confidence to learn a new complex skill. Bruce Craig, an engineering technician, provides a deft application of this tactic. In his words:

Several years ago a new piece of testing equipment was installed in our lab. While the installation was being per?formed, I purposely watched. Immediately, everyone as?sumed that I knew all about the equipment because I had watched the installation. Also, many made casual references to the fact that I could operate the new equipment.

Running the new equipment became a grudging task at times because it contained so many parts. Nevertheless, my efforts paid off. My worth to the organization increased because everyone else knew less about the equipment than I did. At one point I fixed the equipment when it broke down. I could tell how people admired my confidence.

For my efforts, I received a certificate for a dinner for two. While giving me the award, our manager stated how impor?tant it was to have an in-house expert on the equipment. We therefore were not dependent upon help from outside the department. My next salary increase was above average. Learning how to operate and repair the new equipment helped me earn the big increase.