• Don’t compromise your professionalism
• Problems can’t be solved with the same awareness that created them
• 24hr rule: Give yourself time to gain perspective on a issue heavy on the mind
• Come up with solution before you present the problem
• Exit gracefully
• Be strict about deadlines
• Build and show off your strengths
• You’ll never lead people who don’t respect you
• Let people learn for themselves
• Share the spotlight
• Volunteer
• Seriously grow your network
• Debrief after meetings (PMR)
• Keep budget simple (no à la carte)
• Create a timeline and stick to the timeline
• Create work plan (list of tasks for project) arranged by priority
• Don’t be afraid to speak up
• Engage your audience
• Expect to be backstabbed
• Plan ahead to take care of future overload
• Be polite to coworkers
• Embrace adversity
• Expose yourself to new concepts, methods, perspectives
• Realistic deadlines
• It’s all in the presentation
• Don’t put all your trust into technology
• Polish and project your image
• Keep the workplace as platonic as possible
• Watch your social media post
• Do more than your paid for, your best work all the time
• Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know”
• Poised, positive, polite, productive
• Take notes
• Prepare a list of questions for meetings
• Exude confidence and walk tall