領導力內(nèi)部網(wǎng)絡是一個在線社區(qū),商界最具思想和影響力的人士會在此及時回答關(guān)于職業(yè)生涯和領導力的問題。今天的問題是:對于即將進入職場的應屆生,你有什么建議?回答者是《你養(yǎng)育了我們,現(xiàn)在與我們共事:千禧一代、職業(yè)成功和打造強大職場團隊》(You Raised Us, Now Work With Us: Millennials, Career Success, and Building Strong Workplace Teams)的作者、Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership的總裁和波士頓學院工作家庭中心(Boston College Center for Work & Family)的訪問學者勞倫?斯蒂勒?瑞克林。 每到畢業(yè)季,老一輩人總會尤其熱心地貢獻自己的才智,希望能給這些應屆生在職業(yè)生涯開始之際一些點撥。畢業(yè)典禮上的發(fā)言者仔細推敲著語言,試圖給他們帶來鼓舞和歡樂,而朋友和親戚則時刻準備著用自己的智慧箴言進行一番例行教導。 對應屆生而言,盡管鋪天蓋地的建議都是出于善意,卻讓人感到喘不過氣。想要理清這些海量建議,從中找到追逐夢想的道路,與此同時給領導留下深刻印象,打破代溝,裝扮成成功人士,展現(xiàn)出任何必要的好印象和出色的職業(yè)道德,這可不是容易的事情。 作為加入建議大軍的一員,我在此建議的重點放在兩個方面。首先是避免職場上的流言蜚語。你可能很難拒絕去討論同事的表現(xiàn)(或表現(xiàn)不足)、外形(包括評級打分,以及討論身材和著裝選擇),或者是猜測誰將丟掉飯碗或有機會晉升高級經(jīng)理。這類辦公室談話可以讓人在平凡事務之余作為消遣,同時了解同事的想法。不過它們對職業(yè)生涯往往有破壞性影響,對于無意間涉及的談話目標也很不友好。 那些遠離流言蜚語的人更容易在職場上贏得尊重。他們對這些問題的沉默,不會被看作自負或是對參與討論者的否定,而是作為一種沉默的力量,樹立起行為的榜樣。 我的第二條建議是當心建議。你面對的挑戰(zhàn)是弄清那些給你建議的人是單純?yōu)槟愫茫€是為了其他什么事情。畢竟,建議會受到恐懼、嫉妒、競爭、愛情、不求回報的喜愛,或其他個人或職業(yè)考量的影響。 確保你獲得的建議,是那些可以信賴的人為了你的最大利益而提出的明智建議。要做到這點,你需要認識到?jīng)]有人可以完美地提供關(guān)于一切問題的建議。擴大你可以信賴的人群,并明智地選擇它們。 在你正式走向講臺,接受學位證書的時候,一定會百感交集。之后你很快就會邁出進入職場的第一步,那一瞬間又將是充滿興奮而忐忑不安的。確保自己帶著其他人贈予你的最佳智慧,并選擇那些符合你目標和夢想的建議。(財富中文網(wǎng)) 譯者:嚴匡正 |
The Leadership Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question, “What advice do you have for college graduates entering the workforce?” is written by Lauren Stiller Rikleen, author of You Raised Us, Now Work With Us: Millennials, Career Success, and Building Strong Workplace Teams, president of the Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership, and a visiting scholar at the Boston College Center for Work & Family. Graduation season marks that time of year when senior generations are particularly eager to offer their wisdom, hoping to influence new graduates as they embark on their careers. Commencement speakers carefully craft remarks to try to inspire and delight, while friends and relatives stand ready to reinforce the formal guidance with their own words of wisdom. For the new graduate, the wide-ranging advice, albeit well meaning, can feel overwhelming. It is no small feat to sort through myriad recommendations for ways to pursue your dreams while impressing your supervisors, breaking generational stereotypes, dressing for success, and otherwise demonstrating that ever necessary good impression and strong work ethic. As another voice adding to the advice mix, I will focus my recommendations on two areas. The first involves avoiding gossip in the workplace. It can be hard to resist the conversations that focus on a colleague’s performance (or lack thereof), visual appearance (including rating systems and comments on body type and clothing selections), or predictions about who is likely to lose their jobs or otherwise find themselves in the crosshairs of a senior manager. Office talk of this nature offers a diversion from mundane tasks and insights into what your colleagues think. But they are also often destructive to careers and unkind to their unaware recipients. Those who stay above the fray by avoiding office gossip tend to be the more respected people in the workplace. Their silence on these issues is not seen as stuffiness or negative judgment on those participating, but rather as a quiet strength of character that serves as a behavior to model. My second piece of advice is to be wary of advice. Your challenge is to discern if those giving advice have your best interests in mind, or even know what those best interests may be. After all, advice can be influenced by fear, jealousy, rivalry, love, unrequited affection, or other personal or professional considerations. Even family members may offer advice tinged by their own worries or other family dynamics. Make sure you heed advice from people you can trust to offer wise guidance in your best interests. This requires a recognition that there is no perfect source of advice for all issues. Broaden your base of people you rely on and choose them wisely. Many mixed emotions accompany you on that ceremonial walk to the dais to receive your diploma. Shortly after, you will be taking your first steps into your new workplace, another moment filled with excitement and trepidation. Be sure to bring with you the best of the wisdom others have tried to impart and select the advice that fits your goals and dreams. |