Quick Tips to Career Success
Here are some pieces of advice for being successful in any business. First is have what I call a 'rabbi.' And it doesn’t need to be the CEO or senior executive. Have someone in the organization who has a propensity for mentorship who wants to see you succeed either because he or she is going to succeed as you succeed or because they have that inclination to do so. And I don't believe that there is anything really truly unselfish. There's this notion I call 'selfish unselfishness.' So when you go to a food bank and you serve turkey dinners on Thanksgiving, you're helping people. And that's unselfish, but you're gaining satisfaction, and that's selfish. So if you play that symbiotic relationship, find someone who has enough distance from you in terms of career experience and level that they're willing to match you and you won't be threatened. So have a rabbi. I think the second thing is do what interest you. If you really love consumer brands and you're retail, you go to a semiconductor fab, you're going to be bored. So do what really interest you. The third thing is go where the money is made in the company. So if it's a sales-driven organization, go to the sales group. Understand where the money is made. Is it through the services? Is it the products? Is it a particular product line? Is it through new products or nonproduct rate? So go where the money is made. The next is solve your boss's and your boss's boss's problems proactively. So you're going to be given a set of things to do and think about how they relate to the greater problem that people are trying to solve, and then be proactive to go above and beyond what is asked of you to solve your boss' and your boss's boss's problem. The next thing I think is go where there's tremendous growth or complete turnaround. Because those environments create great opportunity for accelerated progression in one's career. If you're in an industry that's grown 6%, it's going to be hard because people above you...
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