Job_Success

13 Ground Rules for Job Success in the Information Age

Become a quick change artist: Show high capacity for adjustment. Organizations want people who adapt -- fast -- not those who resist. Commit fully to your job: Strong job commitment makes work far more satisfying, empowers you, and brings out your best potential. Speed up: Develop a reputation as one who pushes action and change; create a high-velocity operation. Accept ambiguity and uncertainty: In times of rapid change, develop your ability to improvise; learn to loosen up and feel your way along. Behave like you are in business for yourself: Consider how you -- personally -- can help cut costs, serve the customer better, improve productivity, and innovate. Stay in school: The more you know how to do, and the better you do it, the more valuable you become; there is no such thing as 吐inishing・your education. Hold yourself accountable for outcomes: Think broadly, consider the big picture, concentrate on outcomes. Add value: Make sure you contribute more than you cost; you don get points for putting in your time・- it is your contribution that counts. Add enough value so everyone can see that something very important would be missing if you left. See yourself as a service center: Customers (whether internal or external) are your only source of job security. You must get close to your customers and deliver the highest quality service possible. Manage your own morale: If you put someone else in charge of your morale, you disempower yourself. Don稚 let low morale drain away precious energy and destroy your self confidence. Act upbeat, and you start to feel better. Practice kaizen: Continuous improvement (the Japanese call it kaizen) is the relentless quest for a better way. Always assume personal responsibility for upgrading your job performance. Be a fixer, not a finger-pointer: Build a name for yourself as a problem-solver and you will be valuable to have around; let solutions start with you. Alter your expectations: The era of entitlement is ending. One can no longer count on work history to qualify them for a promising career future. Constantly upgrade your skills, stay flexible, and embrace change. Source: "New Work Habits for a Radically Changing World" by Price Prichett