"Congratulations! I never thought it is possible for a subsea inspection personnel to be promoted beyond department's manager and doing non-inspection roles."
An office staff said that not too long ago after I was promoted. I was baffled. I never thought that someone's career progression is limited by your technical qualification.
There are people who believe it is impossible. The mindset that a person’s career opportunity is only within the confine of core expertise.
It is possible, but it would not be that straightforward too. While we need to be skilled in our technical area, we need to work on cross-functional cooperation. Working together effectively with our peers from other departments or organization. Understand what they do. Keep learning & implement critical skills for our work life. Also, deliver the results.
There are always some skills set that are transferrable, regardless of position, such as:
💹 Management - managing our own work and the team. Everyone has their own items to manage, regardless of their job grade or function.
💹 Networking & Communication - when working in a team, we must network & communicate with others. No such thing as working in silo senyap2. Communicate intentionally, clearly, and concise. Also, human have no telepathic ability - don't assume people know what you are thinking.
💹 Planning - need to be done, somewhere somehow. We cannot do things syok sendiri. Our action needs to be aligned & coordinated with others to achieve the same objective.
💹 Empathy - human have feeling. Understand the limit of people's capability. While it is acceptable to stretch a bit, don't keep stretching until it is beyond the breaking point. Remember Elastic Modulus - it applies to human's mind too.
Change the mindset that you can only achieve greatness within your academic qualification or technical background.
You can go beyond that. With the right attitude, clear vision, work smart & hard. Less excuse, more positive action.
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A well deserved spotlight! Mike is a great technician and team member! We’re happy to have him as part of the IMAP contract!