You can achieve greatness. Greatness is within your reach. You can dream greatness. You can feel greatness. You can have greatness. And you can live greatness.

The question is, ‘Are you willing to do the work?’ If you are serious about it, according to Justin Kerr, ‘Be accurate. Being accurate is about more than just having the right number on an Excel spreadsheet. It is about delivering the right information at the right time in the right format.’

‘Ask clarifying questions. Because ‘your ability to deliver good work is wholly dependent on your ability to get good inputs and clear directions.’

‘Be early. Because ‘showing up to work at the same time as everyone else is a ticket to mediocrity- and slow promotion.’

‘You need to understand that giving promotions is a very political process.’

‘Get your work done. Ask if your boss needs anything else from you. Leave early.’

‘Your goal is to shine a light on the problem while also claiming the higher moral ground.’

‘If something is going wrong, don’t just say it’s going wrong- say what you’re going to do about it. If something is going well, don’t just brag about it- tell me how you are going to maximize the opportunity and what comes next.’

‘No matter how much you don’t like the person, no matter how wrong they are (and right you are), you have to step away from the computer and resolve it person-to-person.’

‘If you don’t write specific goals, you put other people’s feelings and emotions in charge of your promotion.’

‘It’s important to realize that most promotions (97 percent) are not decided by hitting a home run in one specific meeting; rather, they are the culmination of one thousand small interactions and ‘proofs’ of your reliability and potential to take on more responsibilities within the team.’

‘There will be plenty of days and weeks (and months) when work is really hard, so take advantage of the moments when it eases up, and do something purposeful.’

Source

Justin Kerr (2018). How to Be Great at Your Job: Get things done. Get the credit. Get ahead.