Some Helpful Tips on Moving Forward in the Workplace:
• Think like the owner. Treat the company as if it were your own and you will start seeing problems –or opportunities- everywhere.
• Problems = Opportunities. Come up with a fix for a problem that is reducing your employer’s bottom line and you will get noticed and move up.
• There are three types of job performers: the Simple Negatives, the Simple Positives and the Special Elites. Simple Negatives are workers who barely get by and whose work performance is substandard. Simple positives are those who are hardworking, dependable, and valued by their bosses, but they are not innovators or volunteers. They will enjoy only slow, but steady career growth. Special Elites are innovators, volunteers, and idea generators of the workplace. They are America’s future to executives and leaders- everyone should aspire to be a “Special Elite".
• Work with your boss to solve problems that increase the company’s bottom line, and he or she won’t forget it.
• Cash in your good ideas –or someone else will.
• The ability to generate profit-building ideas is an excellent skill to have and will open the door to career growth.
• Use the resources around you to come up with profit generating ideas. These ideas come from the written word, the spoken word and the observant eye.
• Read newspapers, magazines, books, and surf the web to help you generate ideas for raising your employer’s bottom line.
• The customer is doing you a favor when he or she calls with a problem or complaint – not the other way around. Put the customer first and find a way to fix the problem. You will end up both keeping the customer for the company and raising the company’s bottom line.
Job Smarts, Ray Dreyfack, Ferguson Publishing Co., 2002
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