Being a Rainmaker - Part III

Doing exceptional work and bringing in new business or ideas are very important parts of being a rainmaker. However there is another way to be impactful on your company’s business. That is being the person who takes the idea and runs with it. Many ideas die on the vine through lack of follow through. What if you were the person who made it happen? In a meeting when the idea comes up ask if you could help with the concept. Offer to do the leg work. Find out the information and the action steps required to get the project going. Some people are thinkers and some are doers. Nothing wrong with being the doer. In most cases the doer is way more valuable than the thinker.

Being a person who spearheads projects is another component to being a rainmaker. The rainmakers in an organization are the people who rise to the top. These people are the CEO’s of a company. So always being looking for ways to help impact the success of your company. Don’t have the attitude that it isn’t my job. Or I am too low down on the totem pole. You can do this and it will accelerate your path to the top.