Hi Ladies and Gentlemen,
I hope that you are staying warm out there this week. I know you have probably worked your brains and bodies to exhaustion this week, but I thought you could ponder on your career this Friday night. Have you ever arrived at a point in your profession in which you feel like your career is stalling? If you ever think you are in danger of such a thing, think about some of the concepts that are posed in Jack Welch's article on "Behaviors that Could Kill your Career." Below are some of the behaviors that Welch cautions that we stay away from if we want to continue growing in our profession.
- Misfiring on performance or values — Overcommitting and under-delivering.
- Resistance to change — Failing to embrace new ideas.
- Being a Problem Identifier vs a Problem Solver.
- Winning over your boss but not your business peer group.
- Always worrying about your next career move versus focusing on the present.
- Running for office – it’s totally transparent to everyone but you!
- Self-importance — exhibiting a humorless, rigid attitude.
- Lacking the courage and conviction to push back on the system.
- Forgetting to develop your own succession plan for when you get promoted.
- Complacency — you’ve stopped growing.