Her Career, Her Life7 Okt 2019

Don't hit the ground running in your new job!

If you're too keen to 'hit the ground running' by leaping to deliver in a new job, project or initiative you're in danger of landing flat on your face. In this episode, I explore this mistake and give you some practical advice on how to avoid making it.

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Today we're looking at mistake number 1 which I describe as 'hitting the ground running'

If you're new in a job there are a lot of things you don't yet know. If you're new to a business you can 10X that challenge.

Despite how much due diligence and research you might have done into your new company there are just so many things you don't know when you join a company - the sort of information you only find out from an 'insider'

If you're too keen to 'hit the ground running' by leaping into action on a new project or initiative, before you know some of this stuff, you're in danger of landing flat on your face.

I'd suggest you invest time upfront in really getting to know some of your key stakeholders. Meet them, talk to them - really listen to what they can tell you because it's likely to be gold dust to you

And this all means getting really skilled at the art of listening and building conversations with strangers.

And this isn't that common a skill. Not everyone is naturally skilled at listening - it's actually quite rare.

I'm all about practical advice that you can apply straight away, so here are my three tips for learning to listen:

Make the conversation about them and not you

Tune in to what's happening to you

Make it a discussion!

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