Module eight take control of your career happiness. It sounds simple, but one of the best ways to take control of your happiness at work is to take control of your career happiness. seek out opportunities to improve your performance, take on new responsibilities or otherwise engage in work that is rewarding and fulfilling. investing time and energy into your career growth and development can result in greater workplace happiness, because you feel like you are growing or working towards goals and aspirations. Take control of your professional development. Often we wait for our employers, supervisors or bosses to suggest professional development.
If they do not do so we remain in the same position and do not grow. To be happy at work and take control of your professional development. Set goals for yourself in terms of new skills to master new roles to try on or new positions to aspire to. Don't be passive, be active. seek out opportunities for new training or education and enlist your supervisor or manager support. Be willing to develop new skills and look for for opportunities to do so, create a professional development plan for the next year or even five years for yourself and actively seek ways to implement it.
Seek frequent feedback. Seeking frequent feedback is another way to take control of your career happiness. Being aware of what we are doing well and what we can improve helps us as we said professional goals. Draw on your support team to seek out feedback regularly. rather than relying on yearly or quarterly reviews or waiting for a supervisor or colleague to come to you with feedback. ask for feedback on the completion of projects after presentations, or when collaborating with others.
Make an agreement with members of your support team that you will regularly ask for their feedback and that you will listen carefully to what they have to say. When you receive feedback. Listen respectfully rather than preparing to respond, then decide how best to act on feedback, both developmental and positive. Practice professional courage. One of the greatest things you can do for your own professional development and workplace happiness is practice professional courage. Professional courage involves directly and productively addressing conflicts, advocating for yourself and others on your team, and otherwise dealing directly and proactively with potential problems.
It can be difficult to practice professional courage as it involves taking risks, it can seem easier to let a conflict go on addressed or to accept the status quo. However, allowing conflict to be unresolved or your needs to go on men can breed resentment and undermine productivity and happiness. Professional courage helps to promote open communication in the workplace. It also assures that resentments and grudges do not fester. Learning to practice professional courage is a leadership skill, which can help prepare you for and make you a candidate for more responsibility or promotions. But even if it does not lead to job advancement, practicing professional courage marks you out as a leader and someone who wants to promote the healthiest workplace Seek mentoring and seek to mentor others.
Mentoring is a key aspect of professional development. When taking charge of your own professional development seek mentoring. You may choose one mentor or several depending on your development needs and your goals. Spending time with a mentor and getting his or her feedback it can amp up your professional growth. actively seeking mentoring also demonstrates that you take your professional development seriously. Having a mentor to help guide your professional development also helps create a positive beneficial relationship.
Seeking out opportunities to mentor others is also a way to take charge of your professional development. seeking out opportunities to mentor others is one way to build leadership skills and share your knowledge and development. mentors and mentees can be valuable parts of a support team as well as creating personal connections in the workplace.