You don’t have to make a major time commitment to implement lasting changes that will positively impact your career. Focus on these categories to set yourself up for success:
1. Self-awareness: This is the ability to recognize an emotion as it is occurring and manage your own feelings in real time. Recognizing your own emotions will improve your interactions, allowing you to better understand how your feelings affect others.
2. Self-regulation: Being able to manage your own emotions is crucial in the workforce. It can help you handle conflict so you can work with your peers and managers to not only achieve results but also to build trust. This gives your leaders the confidence that you will do the right thing and bring people together rather than letting conflict divide them.
3. Motivation: Identify your career aspirations and build specific, detailed plans to take ownership of their completion. Think about where you see yourself in three to five years. What does success look like? What is the real challenge you must overcome to achieve a certain goal?
4. Empathy: Having an understanding and intuition for the feelings of others is a very important skill when working in teams. By empathizing with others, you will become a natural leader because you will be able to show a true understanding of the issues others are facing and find positive ways of responding to these challenges.
