How To Succeed At Work (Slide Presentation)

by Duncan Muguku

How To Succeed At Work (Slide Presentation)

1. Radiate Passion

Treat and care for your organization as if it were your own company.
Enthusiastically give your best work then give some more – go the extra mile.
Great passion inspires others and collectively the team’s performance becomes greater.

2. Go the Second Mile

Take control of your career by expanding your knowledge. Read something new every day.
Think of solutions instead of problems. Anticipate your boss’s requests and prepare ahead.
Develop resources to help others e.g. manuals, flowcharts and standard operating procedures.

3. Do Self-Evaluations

Do periodic self-analysis to measure your progress and identify gaps in your plans.
What stage are you at in your career path? What is your ultimate destination career-wise?
Ask yourself how am I improving the company? What is my contribution? What can I do better?

4. Learn From Your Mistakes

You can learn a lot of lessons from mistakes and failure.
Admitting mistakes is not always easy to do. It is the hallmark of maturity to admit a mistake.
Come up with solutions for how to avoid the mistake from happening again in the future.

5. Make Your Boss Look Good

Learn your boss’s working style, preferences, strengths, weaknesses and blind spots.
Support your boss’s strengths, turn weaknesses to strengths or mitigate the weakness.
Keep your boss regularly informed and updated. Ask for your boss’s guidance when you need it.

6. Boost Your Horsepower

How much work output can you do compared to others in similar roles as yourself?
What was your average productivity one year ago? Is your output increasing or decreasing?
Aim to become a top performer in your team. One who produces fast and accurate results.

7. Have Vision

Think long-term like a CEO at work. Enhance your foresight and visioning skills.
Think of unique ways to improve the company. Write down ideas and present to your boss.
Visualize 5-10 years: What will the business environment look like? How will we cope?

8. Learn From Others

One great way to increase your knowledge and skills is by learning from your work colleagues.
Some work colleagues are ‘human libraries’ with vast knowledge and many years of experience.
Keep the learning cycle moving by training others in turn as well.

9. Volunteer to Lead

Leadership skills are very valuable for anyone who aspires to rise in their career.
Test-drive your leadership skills by leading meetings, events and oral presentations.
This sharpens skills e.g. managing, negotiating, decision-making and conflict resolution.

10. Be Humble & Empathetic

No-one likes to work with an arrogant, proud or boastful person. Cultivate a pleasant attitude.
Being humble helps in solidifying your character and how you interact with colleagues.
Cultivate empathy by learning to see things from other people’s point of view.

11. Find a Mentor

A mentor can identify your blind spots and help you to navigate your career and office politics.
A mentor will help you think critically, challenge your assumptions and push you to think bigger.
An ideal mentor should have time for you and encourages you to ask them questions.

12. Listen Attentively

Attentive listening is a critical skill in succeeding in your job and your personal life too.
Many people are guilty of talking too much. Please listen keenly. Ask for clarification.
Genuinely engage in conversations, repeat back in your own words & ask open ended questions.

13. Have Self-Drive

You will likely face challenges at work including self-doubt, anxiety, low confidence and fear.
When you fall down, pick yourself up, bounce back up like a ball, and don’t give up.
Establish a reputation as a go-to person who perseveres and solves problems.

14. Speak Up

Learn the art of making your voice heard, tactfully speak up and ask questions respectfully.
Confidently share ideas and opinions with your team in an objective and respectful manner.
When you don’t speak up your voice, ideas and opinions will be not be known and heard.

15. Embrace Change

Change is a constant feature in many organizations.
Learn to quickly analyze why changes have been introduced and what new benefits they offer.
Become an early adopter who will in turn guide and train others in embracing change.

16. Seek and Give Feedback

Practice the habit of seeking feedback for continuous growth and improvement.
For feedback to be most effective it needs to be given in a timely manner.
It is advisable to always give sensitive feedback in private.

17. Be Organized

Plan your day, every day. Know what activities you want to accomplish on a specific day.
Prioritize tasks in order of importance and do the difficult tasks at the beginning of the day.
At the end of each day, reflect on what you did during day, and then plan for the next day.

18. Toot Your Horn, Smartly

Email a one page summary of your major monthly achievements to your boss.
Participate in meetings or surveys, offer good ideas that can positively impact the company.
Organize brown bag meetings and share your skills and train others on helpful tips and tricks.

19. Unplug and Recharge

If you push yourself too hard and do not include some downtime, you risk fatigue and burnout.
Take advantage of vacation time and holidays to unplug and refresh your body and mind.
Before going for vacation, work a plan with your boss to ensure work continuity in your absence.

20. Dealing with Ambiguity

It’s unlikely have all the information that you need 100% of the time to perform your duties.
There is always a degree of uncertainty and vagueness that you will encounter in your job.
There are last minute requests, emergencies and uncertainties. Be flexible to meet deadlines.

21. Entrepreneurial Mindset

Thinking like an entrepreneur is a useful skill for becoming successful at your job.
Adopt a laser-focused commitment to excellence in everything you do – big or small.
Seek ways to expand your current role. Identify new tasks that need to be done.

22. Relationship Building

True success is the result of working with and through others. People help people.
To grow, actively seek opposites. Seek company of people who think different from you.
Help others. Offer sincere praise. Celebrate others successes. Remember people’s names.

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How To Succeed At Work (Slide Presentation)

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This slide presentation outlines 22 tips on How To Succeed At Work.

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Duncan Muguku

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