Happy New Year greetings to you, my dear reader. I’m super excited that you are alive. I’m glad you and I have another opportunity for a greater start! Now, what would you do with this gift of a new year?
In today’s piece, I tried thinking along with you about how you could scale and become a formidable team member in the workplace.
The following are simple tips to help you remake your success moments or outdo them this year:
- Vision – Start with a clear vision. No one gets ‘any where’ who wasn’t really going ‘somewhere’.
- Personal Development – Prioritise reading relevant books, following a personal development icon, joining a growth network, practising to become better daily, get a mentor, etc.
- Be a value-adding team member anywhere, anytime and everywhere.
- Be a conscientious and hard worker. Get the job done as and when due.
- Be responsibility oriented.
- Be excellence driven.
- Be business minded, even as an employee.
- Be a smart/power dresser – outlook that makes you matter is your Initial Assessment Index.
- Be creative with deployment of company products and services.
- Be innovative in your thinking and be an ideas person.
- Be assertive in personality, and emotionally intelligent.
- Be subtle and wise in your approach to issues.
- Be prompt in delivering results (ensure to combine speed with accuracy).
- Be a great team player as much as it depends on you.
- Be passionately loyal at work – favour general interests over personal interests.
- Be dogged and tenacious with your pursuits and go-getting.
- Be professional, especially in corporate communication. Communicate effectively.
- Be great with people management.
- Be patient, always display candor.
- Be sincere with your strengths and weaknesses. Seek help.
- Be fearless, bold, courageous and self-confident.
- Build a strong following/community by respecting people.
- Be wary of excuses.
- Be ambitious
- Be a fantastic time manager.
- Be humble, modest with your achievements, but not proud.
- Be futuristic, greatness is not a sprint!
- Be generous and benevolent. Give to even great people.
- Be excellent minded.
- Listen, learn and feedback to stakeholders.
- Understand the core of your organisation.
- Be proactive, not just reactive.
- Make the required sacrifices to rise to the peak, if they align with your personal values.
- Be solutions and productivity-driven, not just activities.
- Learn the push-and-pull balance of your office politics.
- Be friendly with all your colleagues for work sake.
I’m sure this piece will help you as you resume work this 2026. Let me know when they do. I’m super excited to be your #BetterMe partner in this journey.
You can also get additional support from unique brands I have created such as: digital courses, physical training modules and published book; all centered around promoting character development, ethical leadership, and business trust culture, customer service excellence; all reflecting my expertise as a Character Development Trainer, Trust Culture Strategist, and Best Workplace Attitudes Advisor. I can be reached through the attached telephone number.
Keeping minding your character as you enjoy the rest of your week.
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