Getting yourself valued and recognized at workplace is extremely important. This is relevant if you want to land the best of assignments, get an opportunity to work on great projects and thereby get ready for a fast track movement in your organizational hierarchy.
Some simple tips that may help you be valued and recognized:
- Take ownership of your assignments and projects. Do the best you can do.
- Make yourself visible, speak out, generate ideas and participate.
- Volunteer for any new activity or assignment even if it directly does not fall in your KRA. Don’t try to be safe by focusing on just the expectations as per KRA. Remember – if you need the extra edge, you have to put in some extra effort as well.
- Build and develop relationships, with people across functions, with your bosses, senior colleagues. You never know, when a good word or reference can come to your rescue.
- Display Initiative and drive for your assignments, for new projects etc. Initiative is always valued and appreciated.
- Enjoy the workplace, learn to enjoy your work. If you don’t, due to any reason – get to the root cause and see if you can do any thing to make your work enjoyable and fun.
Praveen is the Founder & Principal Consultant of KHEdge, a boutique HR & Business Process Advisory firm. Over last 15 years he has advised & worked with promoters, founders, business leaders, HR leaders in areas of - Business Strategy, HR Strategy, Organisation Design etc.