10 Smart Ways To 
Excel In The Workplace
by Constance Borglow
- If you don’t ask for it, it’s likely you won’t get it. This includes raises, guidance, and whatever else you think you deserve.
- Always…always be ready to learn something new. Being susceptible to change puts your name in the pot for promotion and recognition.
- Don’t view your job as a social outlet where you get paid to play. Remember, that you were hired to do a job to help the company function well as a business.
- Don’t stay to yourself. You’ll be more successful in the workplace if others see you as a team player.
- Look for ways (and express it) to make the company better and management will separate you from the group.
- Seize every opportunity to be noticed and viewed as efficient and industrious. Show up early and work late without being asked.
- Don’t despair over management policies that can’t be changed. Learn to roll with the punches and duck when you have to. Remember, you’re not the umpire, you’re a player.
- Always thank your boss for everything. They like to be appreciated too. .
- Channel your criticisms into positive constructive suggestions.
- Don’t try to be everything to everybody. Work to be viewed as fair, efficient, dependable, loyal and authentic.





