3. Work your e-mail

The more tongue-tied among you can take comfort that there is an electronic form of self-promotion. It comes in the form of a 'lessons learnt' e-mail.

Write a report whenever you do a project, and send it to your boss without him asking for it.

'You want your organisation to learn more about what you have done. Say, for example: 'I went for this interview with Jane and here's some lessons that I learnt and here's the value that it adds to our work.''

This e-mail shares your knowledge with other people in the organisation. It is a self-promotion tool that is both ethical and valuable.

'If you don't do it, your bosses do not know what you are doing. When it comes to promotion or performance reviews, they say: 'I don't really know what she does.''

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