
Hosted by Karen Dennison with Liza Parker · EN

If you look for offense you will find it. If you look for things to be unhappy about you will find those as well. The result will be that you will be miserable and nobody will want to be around you. No matter the situation, find the positive you can get out of it.

Your employer isn't your mother and doesn't really care about your feelings.

Maybe they know thing that you don't. Figure out the lay of the land before trudging off to burn down programs or people that don't need to be destroyed.

After you start a job, you begin to be judged on your performance, not on connections or degrees or even experience. Your performance consists of how well you perform your tasks, but also how you well behave in your environment.

When a program or project come down to you from management give it your all. Even if you disagree, while you can make suggestions, be a cheerleader. If you don't, you risk being seen as not a team player.

Admit to your missteps and come up with better "next time" choices. Good management is taking responsibility.

When your employees are smart and better than you, it doesn't overshadow you. Instead it makes you look like a great manager.

Don't choose between "this is the way we've always done it" and "throw out the baby with the bath water". It isn't the old way or the new way, it needs to be the best way. Look at what your options are and decide based on experience, needs and vision.

It is important for you to understand your driving force so that you get the kinds of positive feedback you are looking for. It is just as important for you to understand your team members' driving force so that you can give the the encouragement and motivations they are looking for from you.

People are going to discover just how much they can trust you. Make sure that they decide the answer is - absolutely!