On Behalf Of Jones, Donna said:
> Face time is good, but you can achieve "presence" over the phone and
via
> e-mail as well. Respond to e-mail quickly, and be prepared to speak up
> if you're participating in a meeting by phone. That makes people
realize
> that you're out there.
But this misses the point about serendipity and unplanned encounters.
Craig (I think) mentioned being seen and greeted by honchos whom you
wouldn't normally encounter if the encounters were not accidental. Ok,
so it's not an accident that you are in the hall to greet the boss
before sunup, but I'm contrasting that with deliberately arranged
meetings where it's deliberate on both sides.
Invariably, individual phone calls are between individuals (duh :-) )
thus kinda precluding the people walking by in the hall from hearing
your voice or knowing that it's you (who?) on the other end of the line.
They don't see much of your face, either. Perhaps if you remotely hacked
all their computers and substituted your passport photo for their
desktop wallpaper?
Conference calls will involve more people, and often involve a group
congregating around a speakerphone, but you are still talking to only
the select group who were gathered for that meeting/call. You remain
invisible and unheard by anyone who's not in the room with the
speakerphone... like the owner of the company. Or, like the guy who took
over your parking spot because, well, it was always empty anyway.
You could raise your profile by, say, parachuting into the company
picnic ... unless it was our company, where the picnic area is directly
under the 750,000-volt regional power lines... that would _really_ raise
your profile, but only once... but I digress. :-)
Perhaps you should arrive early for your infrequent physical visits, so
you have time to pass out the premium Belgian chocolate that you
brought, or the ingratiating goodies that you stayed up baking past
midnight.
I'll shut up now. I'm getting hungry.
Kevin
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