Boost Your Professional Reputation
Your professional reputation typically depends on many professional and character traits. Below are some tips that you can immediately implement to boost your professional reputation.
Dependability - You are indispensable to your employer if you have problem solving abilities. All businesses encounter problems; some serious, some not. If you can prove your ability to solve problems, especially when under pressure, then you will become nearly indispensable to your employer.
Accept Responsibility - Accepting responsibility is a modern management concept demanded of professionals. You need to be able to take credit for successes while squarely taking the blame for failures. This actually leads to better performance and paves the way for your all-round professional development.
Taking Risks - It is a fact of the business world that nothing is gained without taking some risk. In fact, even interviewing for a job could be perceived as taking a risk. However, when faced with complex business problems, you should make sure that you take calculated risks. That is, make sure that you have weighed all of the pros and cons before making a decision.
Professional Ethics - Ethics is a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. When you display good ethics, others, including your employer, take notice and view you as trustworthy. When you have your employer’s trust, they will definitely find it difficult, if not nearly impossible, to let you go.
Decision Making - Regardless of your position you will have decisions to make on a day-to-day basis and on a variety of issues. Well-planned, practical, wise and beneficial decisions that solve a problem or open a new avenue for business can do wonders for your career or your business.
Honesty - Honesty on the part of professionals goes a long way. Honesty has two main aspects:
i) Truthfulness: If a person is not true to his profession, if he is lying, deceiving or withholding information, he is doing great disservice to his organization and to his career.
ii) Trustworthiness: This plays a very important role in your professional life. Trustworthiness opens up opportunities to handle strategic and critical tasks. It also reflects on personal attributes such as ability to handle core issues, integrity and loyalty.
Reliability - Reliability implies confidence, thorough knowledge and a positive track record. Reliability again is built over a period of time; if a person is to be looked upon as reliable he should have built that confidence and trust over the years. If a professional has to prove that he is reliable, he should have built up a track record of hard work.
Responsible Conduct - It goes without saying that mature and responsible conduct in any given situation is essential to maintain harmony and balance among both co-workers and superiors. Keeping your presence of mind, especially when in crisis situations is crucial to solidify your reputation as a responsible professional.
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