In this article on how to succeed in a new job, I share with you some useful tips that will help you make a good first impression and adapt to your new function more easily and quickly.
If you are feeling stressed and want to better manage this period of career transition, I invite you to discover my tips now.
1 – Identify the expectations of your new job
Understanding the expectations of your new role is crucial to your success.
First, it is important to clarify what your employer expects from you.
This may include short- and long-term goals for your team, performance goals for your business unit, and personal goals for your professional growth.
It is also important to understand the responsibilities you will have as a new manager, such as supervising employees, making important decisions, and participating in company strategy.
By understanding the expectations of your position, you can develop an action plan to achieve the goals set forth and have a positive impact on your team and the company.
Good communication with your manager is key to clarifying expectations and getting constructive feedback on your performance so you can improve over time.
To improve your communication you can learn to listen actively or take advantage of the expertise of a communication coach.
Finally, remember to maintain an open attitude and be willing to learn and evolve with the changing expectations of your role to ensure your long-term success.
Actionable tip: schedule a meeting with your manager as soon as possible after you are hired
This meeting will allow you to discuss expectations, goals, and responsibilities in detail, and you can ask questions to clarify any doubts.
Also, be sure to take notes at this meeting to remind yourself of the expectations and goals discussed.
Then, after this meeting, send a summary of the key objectives to your manager to ensure that you have understood all of their requests.
Doing this will ensure that you both have the same understanding of the priorities of your position and the company.
Also, don’t be afraid to ask for regular feedback on your performance to make sure you are on track to meet the expectations set.
Finally, don’t forget to be proactive in communicating with your manager to discuss your progress and any challenges you encounter.
Now, I suggest we move on to the next tip which is to better manage your time.
2 – Learn to manage your time
Now that you know your manager’s expectations, you need to manage your time effectively and also the time of your colleagues if you manage a team.
To become a successful manager, you need to understand that you will not be able to achieve your professional goals if you are trying to do and control everything.
This is why one of the keys to your professional effectiveness is to learn how to effectively delegate some of the tasks that some of your team members can do as well as you.
Becoming more efficient requires testing new ways of accomplishing tasks in order to get them done in less time while maintaining more or less the same quality.
One of the biggest time-wasters is meetings. If you learn how to effectively organize a work meeting or find more efficient ways to communicate with your colleagues, you will free up more time to focus on your priorities.
Good organization is also important for becoming more productive at work.
If you are disorganized, not only will you waste time, but you will also waste your team’s time and jeopardize your career.
Learning to be more organized is therefore another essential aspect if you want to better manage your professional time.
But time management is also the control of your habits that will allow you to improve your well-being and your efficiency at the same time.
Eating well, exercising, and getting enough sleep are all essential aspects of maintaining good health and efficiency throughout the day.
If you don’t reinforce your productive habits and eliminate your unproductive ones, you won’t be able to perform at your best.
Actionable tip: reinforce a positive habit and eliminate a negative one
Identify a positive habit that helps you perform well and think about what you can do right now to make it even more effective.
Continue to make progress until you reach a satisfactory level of quality.
Then take a negative habit and then write a list of all its negative effects on your professional and personal life.
Then make a list of all the benefits you will experience if you can get rid of it.
Also, identify the side benefits of the negative habit and specifically the needs it helps to satisfy.
Finally, find an alternative habit that will allow you to eliminate the negative consequences and keep the positive effects.
This way, you will need to rely less on your motivation and you will be more successful and happy even when you are less motivated or less confident at work.
Now, I suggest we move on to the next tip which is to reach out to others.
3 – Reach out to others
You are new in the company and you know that in order to grow at work and to be efficient you need to cooperate with your colleagues and managers.
Be proactive and take every opportunity to reach out to others to get to know them better.
To do this, be genuinely interested in these people by listening to them to understand their work experience, their work vision, their responsibilities, and also their most important values.
The more time you take to understand what is important to your colleagues and how they operate, the better you will be able to interact with them.
Understanding their vision of what represents a job well done will allow you to have a mutually shared vision of what is important and to adapt more quickly to their work habits.
Doing this is particularly important to improve the performance of your team because by taking the time to understand each other’s needs, motivations, and difficulties, you will be able to help them and therefore better unite your team.
Take advantage of all the opportunities offered by the company to integrate as quickly as possible.
Understand that building strong relationships will take time and will require you to be proactive, especially in the first few months.
You will also need time to understand the internal rules and specific habits of the company.
You will also have to identify the team dynamics, the groups, and the most influential people within the company.
Doing so will allow you to create good relationships and strategic alliances to succeed in your new position.
Actionable tip: meet your colleagues offsite
You can’t get along with everyone, but you need to get along with your team.
If possible, try to plan a dinner with your team.
However, explain up front that their participation is optional.
You can explain in advance that you want to get to know them better in a more relaxed setting.
A change of venue will allow you to drop some of the “masks” and establish a more human relationship with your teammates.
Don’t talk about work and be yourself as much as possible. Doing this will help you improve the well-being and efficiency of your team.
Now, I suggest we move on to the next tip which is to trust yourself.
4 – Trust yourself
The most important element to succeed in your job is to believe in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself enough, you won’t succeed.
If you tend to doubt your abilities even when others are happy with your performance, you probably need to work on several aspects of your personality.
First, it is essential to build your self-esteem and learn to evaluate yourself more objectively and kindly.
If you recognize yourself in this description, you may be experiencing impostor syndrome.
You may also be doubting yourself because of excessive perfectionism.
If you are a perfectionist, you tend to set your standards too high and also doubt the positive feedback from your work environment.
There are many strategies for building self-confidence and self-esteem, but most of the time the best solution just requires trusting yourself.
You need to start believing that you already have enough ability to succeed in this position.
Certainly, you have room for improvement like everyone else.
Wanting to progress in life is undoubtedly a positive motivation but at the same time, you can be confident about what you are already able to accomplish and the human qualities that characterize you.
Actionable tip: act like you’re ready
The best way to build confidence is to act like a person who knows he or she is already competent and ready to take advantage of the opportunities life has to offer.
From now on, step into the shoes of this ideal version of yourself.
You don’t have to behave as an actor, but instead, act naturally.
The difference is that now you operate and think more confidently because you are ready, you are in the right place and at the right time.
Each time you manage to stick to these higher behavioral standards congratulate yourself and reward yourself to strengthen your new habit.
Conclusion on how to succeed in your job
In this article, I have shared with you 4 tips that will help you succeed in your job if you decide to apply them in your life.
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