In the fluidity and unpredictability of today’s market, what are the best practices that you can employ to build your reputation as a person of high value and excellence?
In this episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast, Clay Killinger, a highly-regarded finance & accounting executive that has spent his career with publicly-traded firms such as Valero Energy and CST Brands, provides personal insights and experiences that have helped him — and will help you — to do just that.
Walk in Integrity
If you really want to make yourself invaluable to your employer, it begins by walking in integrity. Always do excellent work and be a team player and leader people can count on and trust. Fearlessly ask for additional responsibilities. Do not wait for projects to be assigned to you.
Rise to Challenges
When you start asking for more responsibilities, keep in mind that these tasks and projects will be challenging and require a great deal of effort on your part. Execute these tasks with the highest degree of proficiency and ethics. And realize that there may be times (sometimes professionally, sometimes personally) when you may miss the mark, but during these times it is imperative that you carry yourself well.
Develop Networks
Develop your networks. This is not a forced activity, but it occurs naturally with every interaction. Develop, strengthen, and maintain both your internal (at your current employer), as well as your external networks.
Sometimes we focus on the external network so much that we neglect our internal networks. Remember that the people that you work with daily may move on to new opportunities and may find new opportunities for you along the way.
By walking in integrity, rising to challenges, and developing networks you will make yourself so valuable that your employer may find themselves with no choice but to promote you!
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