Its time to go after awards and recognition

Its time to go after awards and recognitionIts time to go after awards and recognitionI have a question for you.What kind of impact could you make as aknown expert?Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreA big question, I know.Maybe youre just finding out what you want to be known for. Maybe youre already a go-to person in your department or company. But who knows about your expertise outside company walls?An expert is a person withauthoritative knowledge or superior skill in a particular area. They stand out because theyre publicly sought out for their wise judgment and broadly seen as a reliable source of information. Often, they have a slate of awards and external recognition burnishing their personal brand.We all want more of this special expert quality, right?The mindset we hold is critical, as it can either steer us toward expertise-elevating activities like awards and external re cognition or cause us to bypass them completely. We conducted a Be Leaderly Quick Poll with over 200 respondents, and found that professionals we queried were most likely to hesitate to go after awards or other external recognition due todiscomfort self-nominating.Biggest hesitation to seek out an award or other external recognitionWe also assessed what makes professionals mostmotivated after awards and recognition. It turns out professionals are most motivated when a manager encourages them to go after a given award.Most motivating factor to go after awards and recognitionDirecting your own path to expert position may mean listening and looking for career-making opportunities, broadening the platform that youre best known for or self-nominating more often. Expert-building recognition comes in all shapes and packages. Within our Be Leaderly community, these are just some of the awards that people hold 40 Under 40 Women of Influence Emerging Leader Award Rookie of the Year Distinguis hed Engineering Educator Award Top Women in Grocery Company Values Award Women of Achievement Diversity in Business Award Engineer of the yearWhats holding you back from seeing yourself as more of an authority in your field? And let me ask you once more,what kind of impact could you make as aknown, award-winning expert?Join our 2019webinar seriesand gain immediate access to our webinar, 7 Steps to Becoming a Thought Leader. Hear stories and strategies on positioning yourself as an expert. We talked about how to get clear on your niche, craft your story, identify and go after opportunities, and then promote your fierce expert status.This article first appeared on Be Leaderly.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from nestkken Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 h abits of mentally strong people