In the last 9 days of the challenge, I have made you aware of some very important tools to help you achieve grand career breakthroughs.
The challenge with knowing your one BIG THING and followed it up by various tools to manage your perceptions, creating an impact, and influence people around. While you would have largely been able to align all of these to help you achieve your one big thing, this last thing I want to talk to you about – thinking and operating in systems; is a game changer.
Recall the initial days when you had just joined (be it the recent organization or the ones in the past). If I am not mistaken, most probably you were left to figure out everything on your own. You figured things out yourself. And while doing so, you felt lost, didn’t you?
You were the person who wanted to be helped the most, but the least of it was available. You were struck by the novice paradox. How did you feel?
To get ahead in your career, it is imperative that your peers vouch for you.
By now, I am sure; you are wondering what I am talking about. But then imagine one of your colleagues travels with your boss for some work outside of the office. Your boss brings up something that has to do with you. Your boss says you have done a superb job.
In the last challenge, I talked about awakening the leader within. And, I also said that a leader is a great influencer.
The first influence you need to have, to get ahead in your career, is on your boss. So, today, I challenge you to learn the strategies to influence your boss.
Here are 7 sure-fire but simple ways to influence your boss –
Leaders lead–whether they are titled leaders or otherwise!
And let me attempt to explain this with my story.
In my previous organization, I was responsible for campus recruitment. I had been doing campus recruitment in the past too. And over the years I had observed that after the process is over at the college, we used to get back all the papers
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life–Confucius said, the world believed and we have always been on a quest to find the work we love.
Almost all of us are disengaged with the work we are currently doing because it isn’t what we love and we are probably doing it as a means to an end, aren’t we?
I got to work to do my job, not to make friends!
Imagine you were in a team meeting to brainstorm on ideas to solve the problem that your team is facing. You had a brilliant idea that you wanted to share. But the meeting (as usual) had turned into a fish market.
You raise your voice to make your point heard. Everyone is quiet. They hear you. Probably even accept the idea.
Hey, what’s up?
Imagine you asking a colleague this question at the office and getting a very typical answer–oh the same old stuff; everyday work; nothing really new man, routine, what else; going on…
How does it feel?
Do you really want to continue
Global uncertainty calls for inward focus says The Economic Times in its most recent blog.
I opine that inward focus should not come in times of uncertainty alone.
You spend one-third of your life at work! And if that is so, it is safe to say – what you do at your job is largely what you do in your life.
Question is–are you happy at work?
Assuming a large majority of you have answered it in negative, here’s another one– Continue reading “Day 1: Your ONE BIG THING” →