Learning to Balance
It’s all about balance. As you make your way, day-to-day, you must learn to balance your ego, job results and your relationships. Working with Career Edge One will help. In addition, these tips should put you on solid footing:
Keep Your Ego in Check
- Constantly find ways to give credit where it’s due
- Take risks even if you might look foolish
- Look for opportunities to develop others who can take over your role so that you can move on to other challenges
- Continually think about how you can be of service to others and help them succeed
Don’t Overemphasize Results
- Be sure that after a project ends, the people who were on your team want to maintain a relationship with you
- When you work with other people on projects, try your best to help them succeed, both personally and professionally
- When people make mistakes, use it as an opportunity for everybody to learn without pointing fingers
Keep Relationships in Proper Perspective
- When a situation gets tense, assert your needs appropriately and do not avoid conflict to protect your relationships
- Be comfortable when people express differences during meetings, even if it leads to conflict
- Don’t try to mediate and bring harmony to avoid productive discussions
- Think about how to strengthen relationships with key people, while still getting results