Tag: Work

What You Need To Know About Your Career

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Workplace Learning

Remember that you are responsible for your career. If you want to grow your career, you must take action to make it happen.

If you do not do it for yourself, no one is going to craft it for you.

According to Tessa White, ‘If you want something, don’t come at it from why you want it. Come at it from why the company benefits from it.’

‘You are part of the problem. You could have a better work experience if both you and your manager were communicating.’

‘It’s easy to think that everyone else in the workplace can’t communicate, but I’m convinced you are part of the problem.’

‘The conversations you are avoiding are the exact conversations that can give you back a sense of control at work.’

There is nothing as humbling as realizing your blind spot limited your view of the one person thought you knew best of all- yourself.’

‘Every single piece of feedback you hear about yourself, whether neutral or negative, needs to be taken seriously. It’s a wastered-down version of how you are actually perceived.’

‘If your manager hasn’t indicated you are a top performer, you aren’t one. Top talent gets told they are top talent.’

‘Walk through the front door of feedback instead of waiting for it to come to you.’

‘Go where the low-hanging fruit is. Pick the gaps where you can win.’

‘If you want to gain influence in your company, become the expert of your industry, your competitors, and your company. It doesn’t require an advanced degree. It requires only your curiosity.’

‘You won’t have influence until you stop believing it’s everyone else’s job to figure everything out.’

‘You won’t grow in your career if you can’t get comfortable with conflict.’

‘Don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s the wrong job because it’s hard.’

‘The mistakes you make will feel big, but they are a great education you’ll carry into roles where the stakes are even higher.’

‘You have accountability for results by working with people you don’t manage and who may not be incentivized to cooperate with you. It’s like herding cats, except the cats have to actually go in the same direction.’

‘If you don’t champion for what you need, you won’t get what you need.’

If you want your career to grow, you must take action to make it happen. And you can make it happen. Do not give in to fear.

How To Compete And Succeed ‘In A Flat World’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Improve Academy, Innovation Management, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning

Whether you are in business or not, you are always competing. We are always competing.

Because life is about doing things. To compete and succeed in today’s world, you have got to be really good at what you are doing.

And you have to be different. And you also have to be authentic. If not, you are just kidding yourself.

If you want to win, you must reach out to people who can help you get better, who can help you move to your next level.

Because we don’t know everything. ‘The company’s strength lies not as much in the competencies that it possesses as much in the competencies it can connect to. This means that the capability to connect to competencies- the capability for network orchestration- and the capability for learning might be becoming as important as any firm-specific capabilities.’

‘Build the company around the customer- balancing customer needs with a profitable business. To build your business, give it to your customers. The more the business focuses on the concerns of the customer and customer’s customer, the faster it will grow.’

‘In a flat-round world, our actions need to balance the ideal and the reality, to take advantage of the opportunities the flat world presents without overlooking the limitations and opportunities of the round world.’

‘The challenge is to ride the wave of consumer market growth without getting too far ahead or behind.’

‘By rethinking the supply chain and transforming the customer from a passive recipient to an active participant, companies have an opportunity to create and capture more soft dollar value.’

‘Interaction with other customers in other parts of the world gives suppliers a broader view of the context of their projects and a more creative solution set.’

‘Customer needs might change, but a flexible organization with a flexible supply network can reconfigure itself to meet the changes of its customers.’

‘The purpose of stretch objectives is to make managers and employees uncomfortable, to push them to do more than they think is possible.’

‘Stretch targets result not only in transformation of the business, but in tremendous gains in performance.’

‘Compliance in this world is much more about carrots than sticks (although there is combination of both). The focus is primarily on setting clear guidelines, offering education, and then inspecting to ensure results.’

‘Are you more focused on filling your capacity or serving customers?’

Source:

Victor K. Fung., William K. Fung., & Yoram (Jerry) Wind (2008). Competing in a Flat World: Building Enterprises for a Borderless World