Sometimes we need a reminder of the basics needed to be successful at work especially after being away on vacation or slacking off a bit during the summer.
The fall is a great time to refocus ourselves and find new meaning in our work, and to be a more engaged employee and colleague. Remember you can always reinvent and apply yourself and become a stronger professional you. Try applying some of these basic principles to your work and watch how your reputation and stature becomes reaches new heights.
- Do more than your peers
- Set ambitious goals
- Be kind
- Be indispensable
- Be available – say yes more
- Take initiative
- Don’t gossip or be a mean girl/guy
- Learn to adapt yourself and grow
- Be purposeful
- Be resourceful
- Dress the part
- Be responsive
- Know that good is good enough sometimes
- Think before you speak or shoot off a curt email
- Be comfortable being uncomfortable sometimes
- Stay calm under pressure
- Drink the company Kool Aid
- Be helpful
- Demonstrate good judgment
- Show empathy
- Admit your mistakes and strive to fix them ASAP
- Have good people skills
- Say please and thank you often
- Give genuine compliments
- Underpromise and overdeliver
- Focus on quality not quantity
- Stay positive even when things are negative
- Set ambitious goals
- Surround yourself with the right people
- Always keep growing and evolving
And most importantly, always pay attention to your gut – it often has something incredibly wise to say that will guide you to great (and the right) things.