20 Ways to Advance your Career Written by Cecile Peterkin 1. Exceed expectations; deliver results on a or head of time. 2. Manage your time effectively. 3. Create a career plan with goals and training requirements. 4. Move away from day-to-day operations. 5. Develop strong rapport with colleagues, senior managers/executives. 6. Get a mentor, accept guidance in your career. 7. Know your organization's goals vision, values, business strategies. 8. Create opportunites to further own/business goals. 9. Solicit feedback and assess decision for purposes of continuous improvement. 10. Communicate effectively to people at all levels of your organization. Developing Your Leadership Skills Written by Cecile Peterkin Leadership = Influence. It is art or process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically. As human beings we all influence someone: parent to child, teacher to student, friend to friend, employer to employee, and coach to athlete. If you stop to think about it, list is endless. Since we are all capable of influencing others, we all have potential to be leaders. A leader is not necessarily person at head of table or one with title. The next time you are in a meeting or a social function, see how quickly you can tell who real leader is: it is Cont'd on page 2 ==>   ImproveHomeLife.com © 2005 Terms of Use