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Your 2026 promotion won’t come from working harder. Try this instead!

LIFT Newsletter 033



Your 2026 promotion won't come from working harder. 


Don’t enter 2026 without a “next-level” plan 

2026 gets closer and a lot of professionals are quietly thinking:

“Next year, I want to grow, I NEED to grow… but I don’t want to beg for it.”

Good. You shouldn’t.


Career growth rarely comes from working harder. It comes from making your growth clear, specific, and easy to support, so your manager and stakeholders can say “yes” without guessing what you mean.


That’s why career development keeps showing up as one of the strongest accelerators for learning and performance: when you can see your next step, you learn faster and deliver better.


The AI-era reality (and why this matters now)

AI is speeding up output. So “busy” is no longer proof.

In 2026, what stands out is:

  • Ownership

  • Scope

  • Trust

  • Visibility

If you don’t ask for growth clearly, you may stay in the same box… just producing faster inside it.


How to ask for growth (without sounding needy)

Instead of “I want a promotion,” ask through one of these levers:



1) Projects (ownership)

“In Q1, I’d like to own a project end-to-end. What’s the right project for me to lead?”


2) Scope (bigger problems)

“Can I expand from execution to planning, so I can propose options, not just deliver tasks?”


3) Mentorship (faster feedback loop)

“Can we do a monthly mentoring check-in focused on decisions I'm learning to make at the next level?


4) Visibility (stakeholder trust)

"Could I present our work to X team next month to build cross-team trust and accountability?


Pick one. Make it specific. Tie it to outcomes.


You don’t need to “ask harder.”

You need to ask clearer in 2026.

Make it your monthly habit for 2026: send a simple “Career 1-Pager” (or short message) with:

  • Wins (3 outcomes you delivered. numbers > vibes)

  • Learning (what you learned and how it improved your work)

  • Next Ask (one growth lever, project/scope/mentorship/visibility, with a clear proposal), and

  • Support Needed (what you need from your manager: a decision, intro, feedback, or approval).

It works because it removes ambiguity, you're not asking for vague “growth,” you’re proposing a concrete next step.

If you want the full system—step-by-step guidance + templates + scripts—our self-paced mastercourse is built for exactly this.


LIFT from Within (Self-Paced Mastercourse) includes bonus tools to make your growth plan stick:

✅ Reflection journal to deepen self-awareness

✅ Reset tracker to anchor micro-habits

✅ Self-coaching visual slides to stay focused in the chaos of daily life


A quick heads-up: the price will increase to S$169 starting 1 Jan 2026. If you join today, you’ll save S$40 (31%) and start the year with a clear growth system already in place.

Ready to start your 2026 with momentum?

 
 
 

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