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Pursue a work promotion
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Week 15 of 26
alefdx commits to:
Invest at least 3 hours each week on pursuing a work promotion. This includes working on network, commercial impact, visibility and other required endeavors.
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February 1
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My Commitment Journal
 alefdx
February 2, 2026, 7:58 AM
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- Call with Steve Witthun (Head of FMA Americas) - Prepared team strategy / roadmap for 2026 - Progressed work with retirement working group, I will present 2026 plan to Middle East leadership on Monday - Researched public speaking courses, looking to confirm with Kashif during upcoming catch-up |
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JPSERHAL
January 27, 2026, 7:24 AM
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| Ok amore, good job. Give it your all until the announcement of listed candidates is announced. | |
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JPSERHAL
January 13, 2026, 7:27 PM
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Hi amorino, Obstacles showing up and things not going the way we want them to are part of any hard goal. Your job is to remain focused and determined, and have unwavering tenacity, like you're already doing. How easy or hard the others got it is none of your business, since this is your own path. Sometimes having a frank discussion with the people who committed to helping you but are not is beneficial. If Kashif isn't supporting you the way he promised and committed to, then he needs to be held accountable. In terms of milestones, consider the long list of candidates the next big step you're working towards. Get Kashif to commit to getting you on that list. You and him have spoken about this for a while. He's seen your efforts and your results. Try to understand why he would NOT put you on it. If he advised you well, there should be not surprises. If there is a reason, then he owes you an explanation. He'll also have lost some of his legitimacy as an advisor to you. Keep going amore !!! |
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JPSERHAL
December 30, 2025, 8:49 AM
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Ok amo. Good thing to gain awareness on situations. Was this summary ChatGPT summarised? It's often good to take our own notes - even better is to have them written by hand so that information gets drilled in our brain. For next time, try to apply these learnings in how you deal with Kashif, get better at networking above him, and dealing with projects being delegated to you and "providing exceptional outcomes". Easy to say, hard to do. The goal for you is to gain awareness on situations for now so that it becomes second nature in the near future, if not already. Keep going amore! |
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January 26 to February 2
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January 19 to January 26
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JPSERHAL
- Referee approval report
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alefdx
- Committed user success report
Completed this week
- call with Kashif
- call with PDK
- call with KK
- call with Alex Remorov
- meeting with Tony Ashraf (sponsor candidate)
- progressed work on retirement initiatives (call with Anne Parthiot Mons)
January 12 to January 19
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JPSERHAL
- Referee approval report
ok amo
alefdx
- Committed user success report
- completed “self assessment” vs promotion criteria and process
- progressed work on retirement BD, which is cross functional and gives exposure to stakeholders
- discussion with Kashif to ask him for support and view on strengths / weaknesses
January 5 to January 12
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JPSERHAL
- Referee approval report
alefdx
- Committed user success report
Current major issues in my path:
- Stefan not convinced I’m ready to pursue the promotion this year
- Kashif not demonstrating support in a tangible way
- Missing one sponsor/ very early-stage engagement with Anne PM or Beccy
- Charles has clearly wrong impression
Completed this week
- Worked on ways to address first two issues (Stefan and Kashif)
o Conducted self-assessment of my readiness for promotion using BlackRock’s official promotion criteria, leadership principles, guidance for managers around promotion process
o Planning meeting with Kashif (w/c 19 Jan). Open discussion: “now is the time we decide if we want to pursue this with conviction. I want to have a frank discussion to assess whether we’re convinced of doing it or not. These are the criteria, this is where I think I have strengths, these are the weaknesses – I think there’s a path and I’m serious about pursuing it this year but I’ll need your help mainly advocating for me with Stefan / Charles and subsequently with other stakeholders.
o If Kashif confirms support -> Kashif to speak with Stefan and advocate for me
o Then I’ll speak with Stefan: “open discussion” similar to Kashif, but hopefully he’ll be already more convinced that I can give it a shot this year
- My department (global advisory MDs) will need to agree an initial longlist of candidates for promotion by end of this month / early February. My objective is to create awareness with key MDs that I want this and demonstrate I have the requirements:
o Planned call with Steve Witthun (head of Americas) for w/c 19 Jan
o Planned call with Ashwin (US head of markets) for 13 Jan
- Run Kashif/Stefan approach with friendly stakeholders/ mentors before meetings:
o Planned call with Philippe de Koning
o Planned call with Scott Harris
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