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Pursue a work promotion
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Week 3 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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Last reported: Success
Next report due:
November 16
8:00 PM GMT
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My Commitment Journal
 JPSERHAL
November 10, 2025, 3:38 AM
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ok amore, I see you're meeting people I know and people I never heard of. I take it these are either referrals or ones you took the initiative to contact. Good stuff either case. It would be good to write down the outcomes of each meeting. I also see you're planning tasks for yourself with the intention of expanding your scope of work and connecting with other departments. This is good. Keep a few things clear moving on please : The source of your meeting (referral or personal initiative), the outcome of the meeting (or next steps), and whether or not you've promoted your work / results internally, and if not, when are you planning to do so. Keep going amore ! you're doing the right thing. Keep throwing bottles out in the universe! Every meeting, message, and interaction is energy you're putting out. |
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alefdx
November 9, 2025, 9:36 PM
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Completed this week - Catch-up with Yazeed - Lunch with Karim to strategize on stakeholders/promotion sponsors - Attended stablecoin roundtable - Identified long list of stakeholders and candidates for sponsorship - Started planning stakeholder meetings and logistics for December (Milan/London) - Drafted 2026 strategy for FMA (to present to Kashif) Plan for next week - Catch-up with KK on MD promotion o Exact steps o Discuss potential sponsors - Catch-up with Kashif o Exact list of sponsors. Who do you know best? Ask for help o 2026 FMA strategy o Meet with Charles on promotion? o Win notes PIF AI/ ADI - Schedule catch-up with Scott Harris o Advice on how to get Anne Parthiot-Mans to support me - Finish booking London/Milan logistics and meetings in December - Schedule chat with PDK to obtain guidance on promotion process - Detail stakeholder plan. Think how to leverage sponsors to better connect with ppl in Europe. Can Paddy/Tony/Yazeed make intros for me? - Learning plan from chat with Kashif |
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JPSERHAL
November 3, 2025, 1:54 AM
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Ok amore, good progress this week, well done! - Very good to stay close to Yazeed and communicate your desire for promotion. By being clear and intentional with your goals, and communicating them openly, you allow others to think of you and propose ways to support you. Use the same strategy with Yazeed as you've done with Kashif : Tell them about your goal and make them your trusted advisor on how to get there. - Very well done for the retirement strategy as a way to make yourself visible across departments. - Ask Yazeed for references within BlackRock that you can talk to / do business with. - Be open with the fact that the middle east team is at a disadvantage when it comes to promotion, and have the top guys push hard for you given your situation. But by being open about that struggle and them recognizing it, it opens the door for them to voice it with other senior members of BLK and maybe do something about it. - Very good for events (leverage the client you've won to get other clients too). - Very good for public speaking course. Showcases a desire to learn + helps you connect with Kashif on a topic you're both interested in (which is learning something new). Bravo Amore ! Keep going :) |
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alefdx
November 2, 2025, 9:58 PM
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Completed this week - Catch-up with Paddy (COO for Middle East, reports to Yazeed) - Drafted document to implement retirement strategy (multi-department initiative with senior representatives from BlackRock Europe who may be in the promotion committee next year) - Planned call with Yazeed for next week - Planned catch-up with HR business partner for Middle East - Strategized on how to leverage new project wins to gain internal visibility Plan for next week - Catch-up with Mohammed Al Fahim (Head of UAE) - Catch-up with Yazeed. Agenda: o Updates on recent BD wins o Use monthly Global D & MD meeting for presentation on Kuwait and FMA o Retirement strategy implementation o Intro calls to senior mgmt of KSA banks: o I want to pursue a promotion to MD next year. I value your xxx Want to work more closely in future - Attend conference on stablecoins in Abu Dhabi, which relevant to support commercial objectives of Cash Business (another department of BlackRock) - Plan travel in December including stop in Milan to catch-up with BLK Head of Southern Europe - Progress public speaking course / book so I can update Kashif the week after - Draft strategy for FMA Middle East for 2026 that I can present to Kashif the week after, before asking that I present it to the Middle East Steering Committee |
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November 3 to November 10
Successful
Success
Success
JPSERHAL
- Referee approval report
alefdx
- Committed user success report
Completed this week
- Catch-up with Yazeed
- Lunch with Karim to strategize on stakeholders/promotion sponsors
- Attended stablecoin roundtable
- Identified long list of stakeholders and candidates for sponsorship
- Started planning stakeholder meetings and logistics for December (Milan/London)
- Drafted 2026 strategy for FMA (to present to Kashif)
Plan for next week
- Catch-up with KK on MD promotion
o Exact steps
o Discuss potential sponsors
- Catch-up with Kashif
o Exact list of sponsors. Who do you know best? Ask for help
o 2026 FMA strategy
o Meet with Charles on promotion?
o Win notes PIF AI/ ADI
- Schedule catch-up with Scott Harris
o Advice on how to get Anne Parthiot-Mans to support me
- Finish booking London/Milan logistics and meetings in December
- Schedule chat with PDK to obtain guidance on promotion process
- Detail stakeholder plan. Think how to leverage sponsors to better connect with ppl in Europe. Can Paddy/Tony/Yazeed make intros for me?
- Learning plan from chat with Kashif
October 27 to November 3
Successful
Success
Success
JPSERHAL
- Referee approval report
Ok amore, good progress this week, well done!
- Very good to stay close to Yazeed and communicate your desire for promotion. By being clear and intentional with your goals, and communicating them openly, you allow others to think of you and propose ways
alefdx
- Committed user success report
Completed this week
- Catch-up with Paddy (COO for Middle East, reports to Yazeed)
- Drafted document to implement retirement strategy (multi-department initiative with senior representatives from BlackRock Europe who may be in the promotion committee next year)
- Planned call with Yazeed for next week
- Planned catch-up with HR business partner for Middle East
- Strategized on how to leverage new project wins to gain internal visibility
Plan for next week
- Catch-up with Mohammed Al Fahim (Head of UAE)
- Catch-up with Yazeed. Agenda:
o Updates on recent BD wins
o Use monthly Global D & MD meeting for presentation on Kuwait and FMA
o Retirement strategy implementation
o Intro calls to senior mgmt of KSA banks:
o I want to pursue a promotion to MD next year. I value your [xxx] Want to work more closely in future
- Attend conference on stablecoins in Abu Dhabi, which relevant to support commercial objectives of Cash Business (another department of BlackRock)
- Plan travel in December including stop in Milan to catch-up with BLK Head of Southern Europe
- Progress public speaking course / book so I can update Kashif the week after
- Draft strategy for FMA Middle East for 2026 that I can present to Kashif the week after, before asking that I present it to the Middle East Steering Committee
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