Over the years of working and loving what I do, I have found a few thoughts to be advantageous in the corporate world. And my team can attest, that I tell them this over and over. ( I LOVE my team and don't want them to go anywhere so I wear them out on it)
1) Keep Your Head Down and do D*&^ good work
2) Try and keep out of the chatter
3) Let your work speak for you
All 3 of these lend to the other.
If you are keeping your head down and doing what you need to do, you are doing it well, then you are keeping your head out of the chatter that can tend to go on in an office environment. If your out of that nonsense then people will see your work and speak for you instead of you having to speak for your work to prove yourself.
It's rather simple actually. What are your rules of thumb in life and business?
BTW...this is my first in-flight posting...kinda cool to talk to you from 33,000 feet.
I go with:
ReplyDelete"As long as it isn't unethical, do what the boss tells you to do - even if it is wack."
In my professional experience, the boss is often party to info that I am not. So an out of the blue request might seem ridiculous to me but will all work out in the end.
I hope I am not too whack to work for! :)
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