25 Things I wish my mother would have told me before I started work
Last week at the SWE National Conference there was a session with this title and I just couldn’t resist a post about it. The session was presented by Becky Schmieding an Executive Project Manager at IBM. The summary sheet was just too intriguing not to post. Thanks Becky for advice we can all learn from!
- Aim High
- Embrace being new
- Know what you are judged on
- Time is of the essence
- Do it now
- Be accountable
- Use your strengths
- Keep you skills up to date
- Become an excellent listener
- Ask and receive
- Look to the future
- Build strong work relationships
- Make connections inside and outside the workplace
- Find a mentor
- Understand behavior differences
- Non-verbal
- Verbal
- Success/failure
- Ability
- Act as if you own the place
- Establish the rules
- Embrace change/uncertainty
- Kill Miss Congeniality
- What goes around comes around
- Embrace criticism
- Lighten up & separate
- Take a break
- Balance your life
- You control your own PR
What advice would you add?
Comments
Anonymous
November 13, 2008
PingBack from http://mstechnews.info/2008/11/25-things-i-wish-my-mother-would-have-told-me-before-i-started-work/Anonymous
November 14, 2008
Хорошо пишете. Я бы конечно некоторые моменты оспорил, ну да ладно.Anonymous
November 14, 2008
A translation of this comment offered by a Russian colleague: You write well. I could dispute some points, but never mind, it’s OK.”Anonymous
November 24, 2008
I wish my mom had told me how to make videos. :)