Initiative

Initiative

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  InitiativeIMPORTANT KEY TOSUCCESS
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  Initiative Definitions: An individual'saction that begins a process, often done without direct managerial influence. For example, an employee might take the initiative to come up with a new product or service that the company could offer. Practice of looking for ways that you can contribute to your team, department or organization and taking action. It’s saying to your boss, “Would you mind if I helped out on this project if I did so in my spare time?” What boss would say no? The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do. To simplify and promote workflow effectively.
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  Initiative can improve: Yourselfand way of doing your work Your department to make it exceptional among other departments Your organization in general
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  Effective steps tobe initiative: 1. When you criticize, always find the solution or alternatives. Each situation may require a different approach. Find out the best one to promote your ideas depending on a current circumstance. 2. Never Stand Still People who do the things the way they have always been done will in the best case get the same results all over again. You should constantly search for new solutions and more effective approaches. Ideas are the most expensive matters nowadays and so far the best contribution you can offer to your organization.
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  Effective steps tobe initiative: (cont.1) 3. Do More Than Required of You Do you want to be exceptional? Then act exceptional. Try to do something extra all the time. One important rule is to concentrate on areas where you can generate the most visible and remarkable results. Ability to perfectly implement the delegated tasks is, of course, an important quality for being effective at work. But this won’t give you the opportunity to stand out. There may be a plenty of people in your organization who succeed in that.
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  Effective steps tobe initiative: (cont.2) 4. Think as a Team Member, nor Employee If you decided to take initiative at work, then think about yourself as a team member. This means that each success, each achievement of the organization is yours as well. Corporate prosperity will lead to your personal prosperity too. As soon as you establish this mindset you will start caring about each detail and dedicating all your efforts to achieving profound outcomes. 5. Speak Up And Share Your Ideas Do you have a brilliant idea? Then go ahead and speak about it. A million wonderful ideas haven’t meant anything to this world just because they were not told; no one knew about them. Brainstorming with other team members is always healthy.
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  Effective steps tobe initiative: (cont.3) 6. Always Be Prepared Tackle new skills and refine your abilities all the time. You learn and grow by challenging yourself. This will give you the knowledge and confidence to show more initiative in current or upcoming projects. It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. That is why you should aim high and constantly grow both as a person and a professional. As soon as you see a chance to use the acquired competence, go ahead and do that.
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  How to ImproveEmployee Initiative Some employees are hesitant to show initiative for fear of overstepping boundaries. Rather than discourage this action, take steps to help improve employee initiative. 1. Welcome Suggestions 2. Show Appreciation 3. Do not destroy Initiative 4. Negotiate with employees their initiatives to improve way of thinking.
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  Why Employee donot Initiate 1. Fear 1. If I do it once then it becomes my job 2. Others think we are overstepping our boundaries 3. I might make mistakes. 4. What needs to be done is not easy. 5. I am afraid to be fired. 2. Frustrations 1. I don’t have the authority 2. I don’t have the support 3. I don’t have the skills 4. I don’t have the time 3. Failures 1. I took initiative once and made a mistake 2. someone keeps blocking my efforts 3. I constantly fail when I take initiatives
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  Common Mistakes 1. Becomingpushy 2. Becoming obnoxious 3. Becoming over aggressive 4. Becoming selfish and not caring 5. Becoming complainer
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  Some examples ofinitiative in the workplace One way to show initiative at work is to invest time and energy into performing current job tasks extremely well. • working extra hours to ensure a task is completed on schedule. • workers with initiative often take steps to go beyond normal expectations. • facing a tricky problem that has no easy solution. Instead of giving up, the employee takes the initiative to research every possible solution until the problem is solved. • Seeking additional education is another clear sign that an employee wants to be better than average. • Helping the company achieve an important goal. • An example would be coming up with a unique idea that helps a company improve productivity. • Another example of adding value is motivating others within a work group to reach team goals.
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