I feel like I am undervalued. What can I do to demonstrate to my boss that I’m worth more?

Many people believe that if they just do good work, that they will be noticed, appreciated and promoted.  As with most other ‘products’, success depends on good marketing too.  Here’s how you can accomplish that without feeling like you’re ‘brown-nosing’ too much. 

 

Review your accomplishments for the last year or two.  Identify how your team, department or company benefited from your efforts.  Did you create a new process that saved time and money?  Did the project create goodwill in the community?  Could the thing you produced be used as a model for future projects in your department or others?  Did it make life easier for anyone (and therefore save money)? 

 

Always look for ways to quantify the impact of what you have done.  Nothing speaks louder than higher sales, lower expenses or improved productivity (which translates to higher profits).

 

Also, let your boss know that you are ready for additional challenges.  Volunteer to participate on a task force that will solve some challenge your department or company is facing.  Or better still, identify a problem and offer to create and lead a task force to deal with the issue.